Open AccessAutomated Systems for Safeguarding and Accountancy of Stored Nuclear Material (for proceedings of ESARDA 21st Annual Meeting, Sevilla, Spain May 4-6, 1999
Author(s) -
Z Bell,
J. J. Dunigan,
J. E. Gaby,
Thomas Hickerson,
Robb Lawson,
; Miller,
Linne R. Mooney,
Chris A Pickett,
l.e. seiber,
James R Younkin
Publication year - 1999
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/7719
Subject(s) - software , computer science , facility management , variety (cybernetics) , oak ridge national laboratory , database , software engineering , systems engineering , operating system , engineering , business , physics , marketing , artificial intelligence , nuclear physics
Oak Ridge has developed several sensor systems that are capable of providing unattended monitoring of the physical and/or assigned attributes associated with stored nuclear materials. These systems include the Continuous Automated Vault Inventory System (CAVISTM), SmartShelfTM, and the ReflectoActive Seal System TM. Each of these systems can be implemented independently or may be integrated with existing systems through the Graphical Facility Information Center or GraFICTM software package. GraFICTM is a versatile software package designed to operate in a distributed computing environment. GraFICTM can monitor and report all item and facility activity from the various sensors and systems to an unlimited number of authorized remote clients through a common interface. The software also contains an Intelligent Facility Management (lFM) package that helps storage facility managers with space planning, records management, item location, and variety of other facility specific needs. Results and details from several system deployments will be described, along with the specific features and possible uses of each system