Good Practices - Nuclear Material Locations at a Fusion Facility

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2. Each facility requires a Materials control and accountability (MC&A) plan the specifies the

following type of information:

Material location,

Measure techniques, calibration methods and frequencies, DOE interlaboratory

measurement program, and accuracy requirements,

Personnel responsibilities,

Category type, Category III Greater than 50 grams or IV, and

Holdup analysis.

Inventory requirements for category III materials are semi annual with a complete

measured inventory at least annual.

Inventory requirements on the shipper and receivers of controlled material and methods

to control and resolve inventory differences.

Access controls, depended on the tritium form and "attractiveness" must be established.

Each facility DOE laboratory must establish an independent organization to provide oversight of the

nuclear materials control and accountability.

The physical protection requirements are specified in DOE order 5632.1C, "Protection and Control

of Safeguards and Security Interests." The current DOE requirements are dependent on the quantity

and form. These include:

1. Control of tritium by personnel with a US DOE "Q" clearance.

2. Controlled locks, alarms and access during non working hours.

3. Other Orders specify waste requirements, environmental monitoring, and personnel protection.

These physical protection requirements will not be discussed in this section.

The DOE order requirements are in general not legal requirements. The facility can negotiate with

DOE to determine the most cost effective manner of implementing the requirements and still maintain

facility safety and material accountability.

Good Practices - Nuclear Material Locations at a Fusion Facility

Figure II-1, at the beginning of this section, is a block diagram of the primary locations, inputs and

outputs, and measurement points for tritium at a nuclear facility.