Year
2004
Abstract
An identified goal for the Department of Energy’s nonproliferation programs is to encourage the development of Russian Federation (RF) capabilities and commitments to operate and maintain technical protection improvements. The RF Ministry of Defense (MOD) has adopted many of the Department of Energy’s concepts in this area as an aid to establish a level of sustainability required to transition operators, maintenance, training, and testing of MPC&A systems to the RF MOD. This paper describes the primary elements of sustainability being emphasized by the RF MOD’s technical support center model as training, maintenance, performance testing, and the use of modern management tools and methodologies. Specific challenges are identified to developing and implementing comprehensive training programs in support of upgraded systems and changes to basic security operations. Lessons learned from creating a complete maintenance program with specialized expertise for military personnel are also explored. Different concepts in planning and implementing various performance testing regimes, and analysis of data for system sustainability and improvement are emphasized as an integral part of the developing RF MOD program. Management of all the sustainabilityrelated data provides some unique challenges that require tools and methodologies not used extensively in current RF security programs.