Year
1992
Abstract
In a joint effort by Sandia National Laboratories, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, an authentication system has been installed at the Fast Critical Assembly (FCA) facility in Tokai-mura, Japan. The purpose of this authentication system is to provide the IAEA with an independent means of authenticating the operator-provided Advanced Containment and Surveillance (AC/S) system already in place at the FCA facility. Authentication Controllers were installed at the AC/S Portal Monitor and Penetration Monitor to collect data and to randomly test sensor functions between IAEA inspections. During each inspection, the authentication data are collected with an inspector's portable computer and printed for comparison to the data recorded by the AC/S system. Installation of the authentication equipment took place in November 1991, and a 3-month field test began in December 1991. This paper describes the authentication system, the operator interface, and the preliminary results of the field tests.