ENRICHMENT PLANT MANAGEMENT SAFEGUARDS

Good Morning! Ladies and Gentlemen. First, I would like to compliment INMM on their fine conference. I would also like to congratulate you on your twenty ye?rs of involvement in the areas of managing, control, and protecting nuclear materials. And as some of those before me, I would like to add a hearty welcome to the State of Ohio; home of the famous Cincinnati Reds, your own INMM, and of course, the infamous Ohio State football team and its coach, Woody Hayes. As I muse over your theme \"Safeguards and Non- proliferation\", I can't help but think how appropriate it is this year, even for Woody Hayes, who has promised Safeguards to T. V. cameramen and yardmarkers and again Nonproliferation of the forward pass. We have been hearing from government men about Safeguards. Let's now talk about what's going on with implementation of Safeguards, at least within one of the enrichment plants. The fully enriched uranium separations plant at Piketon, Ohio, more commonly known as the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, is operated by the Goodyear Atomic Corporation. Goodyear Atomic, a subsidiary of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, has its roots in Akron, Ohio; thus, it, like the institute, is an Ohio-based entity. Good- year entered the nuclear field a little over twenty-five years ago, so I think it can be said that Goodyear has grown up with the nuclear energy program, and has been a part of the evolvement of nuclear materials management and safeguards as we know them today. Also, I can note with pride that Goodyear personnel have been part of the INMM scene essentially since its inception.