ADVANCED PROCESS DATA ACQUISITION, AUTHENTICATION, AND MANAGEMENT FOR CIVILIAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES

The rapid growth of nuclear energy and the potential deployment of advanced facilities raise questions about the ability of the nonproliferation regime to control and limit the proliferation of sensitive nuclear materials and technologies in the future. In addition to questions about the political tools and commitments that make up the nonproliferation regime, concerns about adequacy of current technology to provide the future foundation of the international safeguards system have been raised. Addressing these concerns requires the development of an integrated set of tools allowing for improved acquisition, authentication, management, and analysis of nuclear facility process information. Sandia National Laboratories, through its Safeguards Technology Development Group, is working in several critical areas. In this paper, we discuss this technology development work and propose a set of future activities to expedite the development and deployment of these tools.