Year
1980
Abstract
In a high volume fuel fabrication operation, such as is conducted at the General Electric Wilmington, North Carolina facility, each management function, e.g., Production Control, Quality Control, Shop Operations, Finance, and Nuclear Materials Management, requires large volumes of data to carry out its responsibilities. In the Wilmington Manufacturing Department, all of these functions use a common data base and make input/output transactions unique to their needs. When the total volume of information which is produced is properly formatted, it can easily be used for crossfunctional purposes. Production Control records verify material movement; Shop Operations records verify material processing; Quality Control records verify material composition. A coiribination of all of the above provides the capability to optimize the duties of Nuclear Materials Management. This paper reports on how the various manufacturing functional data are combined to provide a powerful analytical tool of assurance of safeguards regulatory requirements.