Protection, Control, and Accounting of Nuclear Materials International Challenges and National Programs: Workshop Summary (2006) / Chapter Skim
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Domestic MPC&A Programs
Domestic MPC&A Programs
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INDIA K Raghuraman of India's Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
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. The NUMAC cell of the Department of Atomic Energy is primarily responsible for nuclear material control and accounting activities in India and for meeting India's international safeguards obligations.
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Finally, he explained that aging of the workforce -- a problem in some countries -- is not a consideration for India. JAPAN The presentation on Japan was given by Keisuke Kaieda of the Nuclear Material Control Center (NMCC)
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and ratified its safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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The country's technical policy goals are to develop its domestic nuclear material control capabilities and to minimize the costs of safeguards both for Kazakhstan and the IAEA by using advanced technology and methods. Zhantikin argued that, in Kazakhstan at least, an effective safeguards system must operate on a number of fronts, including legal and organizational as well as technical measures.
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A demonstration for officials from DOE and the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy (now the Federal Atomic Energy Agency) examined the upgraded systems and decided to further develop and strengthen work in this area.
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Intensive international cooperation, primarily with the United States, has provided Kurchatov with modern MPC&A systems. MPC&A upgrades, which have emphasized radiological as well as nuclear threats, include a modern computerized material control and accounting system that provides real-time control and accounting of nuclear material, radioactive material, and radioactive sources and development of an improved access control system that includes sensitive systems for detecting nuclear or radiological materials.
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6. An analysis of all uncertainties linked to economics, nuclear and radiation safety, and nonproliferation should inform future development of nuclear power and innovative nuclear technologies.
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Grigoriev noted that although great investments have been made to upgrade physical protection and accounting systems for nuclear materials, decreasing the risk that nuclear material will be lost, problems remain. These include: · Keeping nuclear materials in the line of sight.
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These include MOM's lack of encryption capabilities, the need to use indigenous Russian technology, and the lack of a requirement for a MOM-type system from Russia's federal nuclear regulatory authority. UNITED STATES Donald Solich of the U.S.
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DOMESTIC MPC&A PROGRAMS 49 threat as its security benchmark, and is implementing an automated process for entering data into the accounting system. DOE also has a New Technology Implementation program.
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