Equipment Management Solution for GAN

The implementation of new safeguards methodologies in the former Soviet republics creates a need for an equipment management system. The Equipment Management System (EMS) is a Microsoft Access 97 database software program designed to provide the inspectorate agencies with a real-time safeguards equipment database accessed through their local area network (LAN). As part of the Agreement between the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Nuclear and Radiation Safety Authority (Gosatomnadzor or GAN) of Russia to cooperate on the national Nuclear Material Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A), the adaptation and implementation of EMS will enable Gosatomnadzor to track the specialized equipment used by GAN inspectors. This paper will discuss the strategies for implementing this system at GAN. The Project 3 of the DOE/GAN Collaboration will assist GAN in the establishment of GAN regional Technical Support Units. The Technical Support Units will assist in the maintenance, calibration and management of the equipment used by GAN. The EMS addresses all phases of the safeguards instrument/equipment lifecycle, including equipment planning, acquisition, receipt, field distribution, tracking, configuration, calibration, maintenance, usage, performance monitoring, and final disposition.