AVNG System Demonstration

Year
2010
Author(s)
Jonathan L. Thron - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Duncan W. MacArthur - Los Alamos National Laboratory
S. John Luke - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mikhail Bulatov - All Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics
Alexander Livke - All Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics
Sergey Razinkov - All Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics
Daniel J. Decman - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
S. Kondratov - (All Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics
S. Tsybryaev - All Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics
M. Leplyavkina - All Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics
Abstract
An attribute measurement system (AMS) measures a number of unclassified attributes of potentially classified material. By only displaying these unclassified results as red or green lights, the AMS protects potentially classified information while still generating confidence in the measurement result. The AVNG implementation that we describe is an AMS built by RFNC - VNIIEF in Sarov, Russia. To provide additional confidence, the AVNG was designed with two modes of operation. In the secure mode, potentially classified measurements can be made with only the simple red light/green light display. In the open mode, known unclassified material can be measured with complete display of the information collected from the radiation detectors. The AVNG demonstration, which occurred in Sarov, Russia in June 2009 for a joint US/Russian audience, included exercising both modes of AVNG operation using a number of multi-kilogram plutonium sources. In addition to describing the demonstration, we will show photographs and/or video taken of AVNG operation.