THE LOCAL AREA NUCLEAR MATERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOFTWARE (LANMAS) PROGRAM AND A FOCUS ON THE FUTURE

The Local Area Nuclear Material Accountability Software (LANMAS) is a core, nuclear material accountability software application designed to enhance and standardize nuclear material accountability throughout the Department of Energy (DOE) complex. Development of LANMAS began in the early 1990’s. The DOE Office of Security and Safety Performance Assurance, Office of Plutonium, Uranium and Special Materials Inventory (SO-20.3) provides funding and oversight of the LANMAS Program. The DOE Savannah River Operations Office (SR) is responsible for oversight of the onsite LANMAS development, management, and operation performed by the Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC). As evidenced by a steady increase in the number of LANMAS sites, the software application has matured into a valuable nuclear material accountability tool. The application and new components can be quickly deployed to deal with emergent data collection, reporting, and analysis needs of user sites and the DOE. In addition to assisting sites with routine nuclear material accounting operations and responding to national nuclear security interests, LANMAS capabilities and available commercial tool sets are being utilized to develop and maintain an independent store of timely and detailed nuclear material inventory information. Following a background of the LANMAS application, this paper will discuss: (1) software development, modernization, and enhancement (DME) activities, (2) user support activities, and (3) the Gap Analysis Process used by the LANMAS team to work with a prospective site to examine the application prior to a final selection.