Proposed Verification Regime for the K-Area Material Storage Facility at the Savannah River Site

In the decommissioning of the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS), excess fissile material will be packaged and shipped to K-Area at the Savannah River Site (SRS) for storage. Shipments will commence in early 2000. It has been proposed that when this material is in storage at SRS, it be would offered for international inspection under the scope of the Trilateral Initiative. Access to the material during storage at K-Area will be limited so all nondestructive assay and monitoring will involve just the shipping container and its enclosed contents. Therefore new approaches are being considered for verification and monitoring of this material under the Trilateral Initiative. This paper will identify the issues being addressed and will outline the preliminary verification and monitoring approach being discussed with the International Atomic Energy Agency.