Top Ten Things You Need to Know about Non-Destructi ve Assay

Year
2014
Author(s)
Thomas C. Pope - University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Scott L. Stewart - NNSA Graduate Program Fellow, Pacific Northwest Nat ional Laboratory,
Manit Shah - Nuclear Security Science & Policy Institute, Texas A&M
Rob Zedric - Nuclear Security Science & Policy Institute, Texas A&M
Abstract
Material Control and Accountability (MC&A) plays an important role in the defense-in-depth of a nuclear facility by providing positive assurance of the presence of special nuclear material. However, nondestructive assay (NDA) techniques used as part of an MC&A regime tend to be esoteric and unfamiliar to most people. NNSA partn ered with the DOE National Training Center and the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management M C&A Technical Division to produce a short video that conveys key NDA concepts and their role in a defense- in-depth security system to a broader range of people from policy makers to the protective force. INMM student chapters at the University of Tennessee and Texas A&M led th e development of this video with support and cooperation from videographers at the National Training Center. If successfully received, this video will be the first in a series of videos aimed at communicating the role of safeguards and security functions in the context of the larger security mission.