Presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management Indian Wells, California, June 12-16, 2015

The Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) developed and uses an integrated set of compliant systems for safeguarding and securing nuclear materials for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Y-12’s Global Security and Strategic Partnerships organization leverages its skills, systems, and expertise to provide practical technical assistance to foreign nuclear states. The accounting, production, engineering, and security subject matter experts who support daily Y-12 operations have participated in the development of a wide-ranging suite of workshops, training programs, and simulation laboratories. These training tools have been used for technical exchanges and interactions with a number of foreign nuclear sites—often in cooperation with other DOE laboratories—to provide working-level insight into integrating safeguards and security requirements into practical site operations. This paper highlights some of the large-scale production-plant techniques developed by Y-12 to implement safeguards and security requirements and focuses on some of the successful workshops and technical exchanges executed with a number of countries and sites—both domestic and international. Interactions include classroom training, table-top exercises, laboratory simulations of production areas, and operations in the field. Topics have included material protection, material control and accountability, security, and performance testing. Training and workshop materials have been developed specifically for countries including Russia, China, Kazakhstan, and others.