INMM 31st ANNUAL MEETING ARGUS- DEMONSTRATION OF AN INTEGRATED MATERIALS MONITORING TRACKING AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

The Argonne Unified Safeguard (ARGUS) System (1) is currently being demonstrated as a functioning integrated materials monitoring/tracking and accounting system in the Fuel Manufacturing Facility (FMF) located at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in Idaho Falls, Idaho. ARGUS is the product of an inter laboratory project with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LAND, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), and ANL. Accounting and communications software were developed by LANL personnel while materials monitoring and tracking software and hardware were developed by SNL personnel. ANL has provided project coordination, operational support and the test bed facility for this demonstration. The ARGUS system is made up of three major components. These components perform the functions of observing all container movements, authorized materials access approval, initiation and receipt of materials transfers, and materials accounting for the facility. ARGUS system benefits can be summarized as follows: near realtime accountability, full traceability of materials access and transfer, enforcement of approved personnel access to materials, electronic confirmation of materials surveillance procedures during materials access and transfers, continuous surveillance of all material not directly involved in the manufacturing process, transfer initiation and receipt, and automatic notification to security for identified anomalies. The contributions of each of the participants in this project will be described.