Program for Securing Nuclear Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting at All Facilities within the All-Russian Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF)

Year
1999
Author(s)
Ronald Augustson - Los Alamos National Laboratory
V. I. Yuferev - RFNC-VNIIEF
S. S. Zhikharev - Russian Federal Nuclear Center–All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics
P. Singh - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Don Wentz - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
G. Skripka - VNIIEF
N. Mikijchuk - VNIIEF
G. Lomtev - VNIIEF
I. Zhukov - VNIIEF
Michael M. Curtis - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Brian Scott - Los Alamos National Laboratory
T. P. Malone - Sandia National Laboratories
Joel C. Lewis - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Y. Yakimov - RFNC-VNIIEF
N. Obolochkov - RFNC-VNIIEF
G. Komarov - RFNC-VNIIEF
V. Punin - RFNC-VNIIEF
E. Chapman - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
M. Windham - Pantex
Y. Dyomin - VNIIEF
Abstract
As part of the Department of Energy-Russian program for strengthening nuclear material protection, control, and accounting (MPCXA), it was reported earlier, Ref.l, that plans had been initiated to install an integrated MPC&A system at all facilities containing large quantities of weapons-usable nuclear material within the All-Russian Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF, Arzamas-16) complex. In designing and implementing the system, consideration is being given to a number of subsidiary issues that impact the efficiency, scheduling, and financing of the program. These include consolidating nuclear material storage into a smaller number of more secure buildings, restructuring project management, streamlining the contracting process, and following the process for evaluating Russianmade MPC&A equipment. The goal of the program at VNIIEF is to commission all guarded areas for continuous operation.