N15 AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS

The American National Standards Institute, ANSI, approached the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, IN MM, in 1966 to sponsor a newly-created Standards Committee in the nuclear tield. The new committee was designated N15 "Methods of Nuclear Materials Control." An INMM Steering Committee met in 1967 to write a scope to cover the types of standards to be developed under N15. After ANSI approved the scope, the INMM was officially involved in the development of American National Standards. The balance of 1967 and part of 1968 was devoted to: (1) the organization of subcommittees, (2) the staffing of the subcommittees, and (3) the conducting of a canvass of professional organizations for representation on NlS. By the end of 1968 there were 7 subcommittees under NlS to write standards and 13 organizations represented on NlS. Currently, there are 9 subcommittees, 15 organizations on NlS, and 74 INMM members involved in standard related activities. To date, ANSI has approved the 9 standards that NlS has submitted for review and approval. The first NlS standard was approved in 1970. There were 2 approved in 1971,5 in 1972, and 1 so far in 1973. The USAEC Directorate of Regulatory Standards has adopted 5 of the NlS standards as the basis for 3 Division 5 Regulatory Guides. Table 1 lists the 9 approved NlS standards and the corresponding regulatory guides. In addition to NlS there are IS more American National Standards Committees working on nuclear standards. Each one of these standards committees operates under its own scope which has been approved by ANSI. These committees are active in such fields as radiation protection, nuclear criticality safety, nuclear instruments, etc. All of the "N" Committees, with their respective titles and sponsoring organizations, are tabulated in Table 2.