Los Alamos National LaboratoryBenny J. MartinezMichael Kaufman

Randy Fraser

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Previous Nuclear Material Tracking System (MASS)◦ Over 20 years old◦ No on-site technical support

Number of users◦ Over 280 users

Hardwired infrastructure◦ Direct Modem and STU-III access

Security plan expiring

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Build◦ Cost of developing new NMTS◦ Time frame to develop new NMTS

Use existing DOE approved system (LANMAS)◦ Develop Site-Specific modules

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Los Alamos Nuclear Control and Accounting System (LAMCAS)◦ LANMAS core

18 months from time of funding to implementation which included:◦ Gap analysis◦ Security Plan◦ QA Process◦ Development◦ Purchase and setup of hardware◦ Testing◦ Data Migration

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Historical View Historical 741 Shipment and Receipts Historical Remarks Site-Wide Rollup LANL Specific Reports Measurement Control Data Feeds

◦ Current Inventory◦ Historical Transactions◦ Material at Risk (MAR), etc

Cost Accounting

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Project Plan Requirements Software Design Document Test Plans Test documentation User Guides

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Diverse set of users◦ Super Coders◦ Knowledgeable set of MC&A users

Full time job◦ Operational set of users

Part time Many ways of doing the same function Just in time training Continuous training Quick Reference reminders

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LANMAS◦ Plug-Ins

Allows users to view and edit Remarks in LANMAS Set Attractiveness Level by SMT/IDC to meet LANL’s

requirements for MIX/SPLIT/ADJUSTMENT◦ Peer Review turned on◦ AssayMethod used to track type of instrument used to

measure material ADMIN/Gridset

◦ For each LANMAS form display fields that are of used by LANL

ADMIN/Security◦ Create >100 User groups to manage security

permissions

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Training◦ Just in time training/re-training

Security Plan Approval◦ Time and effort to get approved

Deployment infrastructure model◦ Secure Desktop on Demand (Thin client

environment) Data Migration issues

◦ LSAuto versus direct insert into LANMAS

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Cyber security requirements◦ Separation of duties

System Administrators Database Administrators MC&A LAMCAS Operations

Single point of contact for all issues◦ LAMCAS Operations

Great LANMAS Support

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Physical Inventory Module◦ Label printing Barcodes◦ Statistical Sampling for Item Monitoring

Measurement Control enhancements◦ Data Feed Option for Statisticians◦ Trending enhancements

Inventory Evaluation◦ From-To Trace◦ Propagation of Variance (POV) Data Feeds

Process Monitoring◦ Exception reports

Automated roll-up calculation◦ Outside TA-55, CMR

Classified Beta System◦ Procure and install classified test environment

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Maintenance◦ LANMAS 3.3◦ SQL Server 2008 R2◦ LAMCAS Visual Studio 2010 and 3rd party tools

On-going support◦ Responding to new requirements◦ MAR

Phase II MAR Tracker Interface◦ COST

Create new LANL COST module Update SRS COST module with updated version

Automate Physical Inventory process ◦ Portable Barcode Scanners, Reconciliation

Process Monitoring◦ Reports◦ POV Automation

Automate TID inventory◦ Portable Barcode Scanners, Reconciliation

Measurement Control◦ Trending

WCATS◦ Create interface to automate waste shipments

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Change is Hard System is operational Training is on-going Continue to add functionality Different users require different views of the

data

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