AUTOMATED 741 DOCUMENT PREPARATION OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY'S AUTOMATED SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION SYSTEM (OASIS)

OASIS has been providing for Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) nuclear materials information needs since being placed on line in April 1980. The system supports near real-time nuclear materials safeguards and accountability control. The original design of OASIS called for an automated facsimile of a 741 document to be prepared as a functional by-product of updating the inventory. An attempt was made to utilize, intact, DOE-Albuquerque's automated 741 system to generate the facsimile; however, the five-page document produced proved to be too cumbersome in size and design to meet our needs. In response to this concern we have modified Albuquerque's programs to print an original 741 document utilizing standard DOE/NRC 741 forms. We feel we have incorporated the best features of both the automated and manually generated 741 documents. Through automation of the source data for 741 shipping documents we obtain greater efficiency while reducing possible errors. Through utilization of the standard DOE/NRC form we maintain continuity within the NMMSS system thus minimizing the confusion and redundancy associated with facsimiles. OASIS now fulfills the original concept of near real-time accountability by furnishing a viable 741 document as a function of updating the inventory.