MATERIAL PROTECTION, CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING ENHANCEMENTS THROUGH THE RUSSIANIUS COOPERATIVE MPC&A PROGRAM

Year
1997
Author(s)
Sara Scott - Los Alamos National Laboratory
William M. Buckley - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Sylvester Suda - Brookhaven National Laboratory
Michael M. Curtis - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Konstantin Dorofeev - Mining and Chemical Combine -- Russia
Vasily V. Zhidkov - Mining and Chemical Combine -- Russia
James Lee - Sandia National Laboratory
Howard Kerr - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Abstract
The cooperative RussianlUS Mining and Chemical Combine (Gomo-Khimichesky Kombinat, GKhK, also referred to as Krasnoyarsk-26) Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A) project was initiated in June 1996. Since then, the GKhK has collaborated with Brookhaven, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest, and Sandia National Laboratories to test, evaluate, and implement MPC&A elements including bar codes, computerized nuclear material accounting software, nondestructive assay technologies, bulk measurement systems, seals, video surveillance systems, radio communication systems, metal detectors, vulnerability assessment tools, personnel access control systems, and pedestrian nuclear material portal monitors. This paper describes the strategy for implementation of these elements at the GKhK and the status of the collaborative efforts.