Open AccessDesign requirements of safeguards sealing system for real-time verification
Author(s) -
Jihyun Ahn,
Junsung Park,
Hayoung Sim,
Geunyoeng An,
Hee Seo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nuclear technology and radiation protection
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1452-8185
pISSN - 1451-3994
DOI - 10.2298/ntrp2104376a
Subject(s) - atomic energy , containment (computer programming) , agency (philosophy) , nuclear material , treaty , commission , systems engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , computer security , business , engineering , law , nuclear physics , philosophy , physics , epistemology , finance , political science , programming language
To ensure the peaceful use of nuclear energy, nuclear safeguards are applied in member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The two main goals of nuclear safeguards are effectiveness and efficiency. The International Atomic Energy Agency has a great interest in using a containment and surveillance technology to maintain continuity of knowledge. A representative means of a containment and surveillance technology is a sealing system to alert the user to tampering. The existing sealing systems used by the International Atomic Energy Agency are of limited utility for real-time verification purposes. To address this limitation, the present study analyzed the design requirements of a sealing system proposed by various institutions including the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a number of national laboratories, and companies. Then, we identified the appropriate design requirements of this system for real-time verification. The next step is to develop a real-time verification sealing system based on the design requirements identified and discussed herein. Such a system is expected to significantly enhance the efficiency of nuclear safeguards.