Bar Codes for Nuclear Safeguards*

Year
1983
Author(s)
Alan M. Bieber - Brookhaven National Laboratory
A.N. Keswani - Savannah River Plant
Abstract
Bar codes similar to those used in supermarkets can be used to reduce the effort and cost of collecting nuclear materials accountability data. A wide range of equipment is now commercially available for printing and reading bar-coded information. Several examples of each of the major types of commercially-available equipment are given, and considerations are discussed both for planning systems using bar codes and for choosing suitable bar code equipment.