Global Nuclear Material Monitoring with NDA and C/S Data through Integrated Facility Monitoring*

The initiative described in this paper focuses on a flexible, integrated demonstration of a monitoring approach for nuclear material monitoring. This approach will include aspects of item signature identification, perimeter portal monitoring, advanced data analysis, and communication as a part of an unattended continuous monitoring system in an operating nuclear facility. Advanced analysis is applied to the integrated nondestructive assay (NDA) and containment and surveillance (C/S) data that are synchronized in time. The end result will be the foundation for a cost-effective monitoring system that could provide the necessary transparency even in areas that are denied to foreign nationals of both the US and Russia should these processes and materials come under full-scope safeguards or bilateral agreements. Monitoring systems of this kind have the potential to provide additional benefits including improved nuclear facility security and safeguwds and lower personnel radiation exposures.