Year
1970
Abstract
The safeguards effectiveness of material balance accounting systems must ultimately be based upon the capabilities of MUF to detect material shortages. Because errors in material measurements directly affect these detection capabilities, the control of measurement errors is an important function of the material balance effort for safeguards. A total systems approach to quality control lends itself well to the control of measurement errors in material balance accounting. The introduction of an integrated concept of quality planning, organization, motivation, and control for nuclear material measurements is the purpose of this paper.