Bar-Code Based Weight Measurement Station for Physical Inventory Taking of211 Plutonium Oxide Containers at the Mining and Chemical Combine Radiochemical 211 Reprocessing Plant Near Krasnoyarsk, Siberia

摘要

This paper describes the technical tasks being implemented to computerize the211u001ephysical inventory taking (PIT) at the Mining and Chemical Combine (Gorno-211u001eKhimichesky Kombinat, GKhK) radiochemical plant under the US/Russian cooperative 211u001enuclear material protection, control, and accounting (MPC and A) program. Under 211u001ethe MPC and A program, Lab-to-Lab task agreements with GKhK were negotiated that 211u001einvolved computerized equipment for item verification and confirmatory 211u001emeasurement of the Pu containers. Tasks under Phase I cover the work for 211u001edemonstrating the plan and procedures for carrying out the comparison of the Pu 211u001econtainer identification on the container with the computerized inventory 211u001erecords. In addition to the records validation, the verification procedures 211u001einclude the application of bar codes and bar coded TIDs to the Pu containers. 211u001ePhase II involves the verification of the Pu content. A plan and procedures are 211u001ebeing written for carrying out confirmatory measurements on the Pu containers.