THE DESIGN OF INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS SYSTEMS FOR NEW FUEL CYCLE PLANTS

A design concept for safeguards systems to protect reprocessing and fuel fabrication plants is described. The design concept is summarized by the following procedures: identify all the perceived threats leading to theft and sabotage; identify the necessary protective measures to counter these threats in accordance with system performance criteria; organize these protective measures into major subsystems for effective management and operation. Information and data resources required to accomplish the design include system performance criteria, available protective measures, and plant design features. The final step in the design is an evaluation where total system performance, interaction with other plant systems, costs, and tradeoffs are analyzed.