PERFORMANCE CRITERIA - PERSONNEL DUTIES AND TRAINING

Performance criteria require that a facility handling nuclear material be capable with some degree of probability to detect the theft or diversion of material within a given time interval. Compliance criteria are established for the minimum requirements in materials accounting, materials control and materials measurements. These criteria require levels of excellence from both the monitoring system and the personnel involved in the acquisition and interpretation of input data and response alarms. The duties and training expected of personnel operating in a safeguards organization are discussed.