NMIS EXPERIENCE FOR FACILITY-TO-FACILITY TRANSFER

Year
2001
Author(s)
J.A. Mullens - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
J.T. Mihalczo - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
J.K. Mattingly - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
L.G. Chiang - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Abstract
One of the applications of template matching for arms control/warhead dismantlement transparency regimes is for monitoring facility-to-facility transfers. In 1999, three highly enriched uranium (HEU) weapons components for which the Nuclear Materials Identification System (NMIS) signatures had been obtained at the shipper’s site were received at the Y-12 National Security Complex. The NMIS signatures obtained upon receipt of these items were compared with those at the shipper’s site to confirm the identity of the item received. This paper describes the use of NMIS for these shipper-receiver confirmations.