MATERIALS ACCOUNTING AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY

Year
1985
Author(s)
N. J. Roberts - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bruce Erkkila - Los Alamos National Laboratory
H.F. Kelso - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Abstract
The materials accounting system at Los Alamos has evolved from an \"80-column\" card system to a very sophisticated near-real-time computerized nuclear material accountability and safeguards system (MASS). The present hardware was designed and acquired in the late 70's and is scheduled for a major upgrade in Fiscal Year 1986. The history of the system from 1950 through the DYMAC of the late 70's up to the present will be discussed. The philosophy of the system along with the details of the system will be covered. This system has addressed the integrated problems of management, control, and accounting of nuclear material successfully.