Proposed Real-Time Data Processing System to Control Source and Special Nuclear Material (SS) at Mound Laboratory

The SS Acountability System has been designed to provide accountability of all SS materials by unit identification and grams. The existing system is a gramaccountable system. The new system was designed as a result of a request by the Accountability Department to incorporate unit identification into an ADP (Automated Data Processing) System. Unit identification requires that any quantity of SS material must have a unique identifying number assigned to it. The material will be recognized by this number as long as it remains accountable. In addition to providing a unique identification number, the proposed system also records all transactions performed against a particular unit of accountable material. This requirement prevents error and provides a rapid means of locating any missing material. It also demands that a high volume of input data enter the system. Therefore, the system has been designed to allow this information to be input quickly, easily and correctly via CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) terminals at the time the transaction is performed.