Student Observations on Safeguards at ORNL Facilities

TEAM 2

Michael Arwood

Alice Begovich

Joey Birchfield

Ben Farr

Tim Jackson

Ryan Kelly

Alex Okowita August 1, 2011

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Acknowledgements

• Michael Whitaker

• Alena Zhernosek

• Michael Ehinger

• Mark Baldwin

• Dyrk Greenhalgh

• Bill Hopwood

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Physical SecurityHFIR

• HFIR/REDC: One road with gate and guard, limited access, concrete buildings with thick walls, radiation in spent fuel casks, radiation alarms, cameras

• Safeguards Lab: Limited access, cage with safe inside, cameras

• Graphite Reactor: Secret City with military presence

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Safety HFIR

REDC

Site access & site-specific training, PPE, signage

• HFIR/REDC: Radiation alarms, chains and RWPs, extensive use of shielding, computers to control reactor (automatic shutdown), hot cells, procedural controls, hand and foot scans

• Safeguards Lab: Low radiation sources

• Graphite Reactor: Railings on stairs and up to reactor, warning when low ceiling, control room with shielding, remote location

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MC&ALimited Access, Training

• HFIR/REDC: In-house storage of spent fuel, procedural tracking system, quantifiable sources

• Safeguards Lab: Easily quantified sources

• Graphite Reactor: Count pins, known location of transfer

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InspectionsHFIR

• HFIR/REDC: On-site DOE regulator, licensing process

• Safeguards Lab: Inventory

• Graphite Reactor: Started before standard modern inspections