Year
1995
Abstract
With assistance from the U. S. Program for Technical Assistance to IAEA Safeguards (POTAS), Aquila Technologies Group developed the Tamper-Resistant Analog Media (TRAM-1000) system to provide standard VHS surveillance video tapes with an enhanced tamper-indicating capability. This project represents further implementation of the partnership approach in facilities including light water reactors with MOX facilities. These facilities use Uniplex Digiquad system video tapes. The partnership approach ensures that one organization can exchange the tapes in a machine without the presence of the other, without losing continuity of information. The TRAM-100 system development project was accomplished in two stages In the first stage of the project, the original system delivered to the IAEA, consists of three parts: 1) the tamper detection unit, 2) a specially augmented VHS video tape, and 3) an HP-95 reader. The tamper detection unit houses a VACOSS active fiberoptic seal and an electronic identification tag (E-TAG) reader. Together, they provide the capability to disclose any tamper attempt while the tape is being recorded, shipped, or reviewed. The HP-95 reader records and validates information from both the seal and the E-TAG reader within the tamper detection unit. The total original TRAM-1000 system was packaged in a foam-lined ruggedized container for easy packaging and reliable transport.