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NMMSS Orientation

NMMSS Orientation. Brian Horn Nuclear Regulatory Commission Peter Dessaules Department of Energy. NMMSS . N uclear M aterials M anagement and S afeguards S ystem . NMMSS (continued). U.S. Governments’ database to track movements and inventories of nuclear materials

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NMMSS Orientation

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  1. NMMSS Orientation Brian Horn Nuclear Regulatory Commission Peter Dessaules Department of Energy

  2. NMMSS • Nuclear • Materials • Management and • Safeguards • System

  3. NMMSS (continued) • U.S. Governments’ database to track movements and inventories of nuclear materials • Owned by Department of Energy • Operated by Protection Services Inc. (PSI) in Germantown, Maryland • Nuclear Regulatory Commission utilizes NMMSS through a contract with DOE • Information submitted using joint forms (DOE/NRC Form 741, 742, 742c, 740m)

  4. NMMSS (continued) • Used to satisfy • Domestic needs of the Department of Energy • Domestic needs of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission • International needs U.S. Government

  5. How do facilities fit into NMMSS? • Facility data is fed into NMMSS • Facility data undergoes various NMMSS edit checks • Once data is in NMMSS, it is a part of history • NMMSS Reports are based on licensee information submitted to, and processed by, NMMSS

  6. What types of nuclear material activities do facilities report to NMMSS? • Imports and exports • Domestic movements • Inventory • Inventory adjustments • “DOE-owned” Ownership changes

  7. NMMSS History • 1940’s & 50’s: data was hand written into ledgers • 1960’s: Mainframe computer & punch cards • Early 1990’s: Personal Computer system, using DOS & FoxPro • 2009: PC Windows and SQL Server

  8. NMMSS – abbreviations / terms • RIS (Reporting Identification Symbol) • D-2 (List of RIS codes for DOE sites) • D-3 (List of RIS codes for licensee sites) • D-15 (List of RIS codes for Foreign sites)

  9. NMMSS – abbreviations / terms (continued) • NMMSS generated guidance documents • D-23 (Personal Computer Data Input for Department of Energy Contractors) • D-24 (Personal Computer Data Input for Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees)

  10. NMMSS – abbreviations / terms (continued) • Forms on which electronic submittals to NMMSS are based: • DOE/NRC Form-741 (Nuclear material Transaction Report) • DOE/NRC Form-742 (Material Balance Report) • DOE/NRC Form-742C (Physical Inventory Listing) • DOE/NRC Form-740M (Concise Note)

  11. More Abbreviations / terms • NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) • Licensee (Company/individual who has received a license from NRC or State Government to possess and use nuclear material) • Source material (natural uranium, depleted uranium, thorium) • Special Nuclear Material (plutonium, U-233, or uranium enriched in U-233 or U-235)

  12. More abbreviations / terms (continued) • DOE (Department of Energy) • HSS-1.22 (Office of Information Management) • NNSA (National Nuclear Security Administration) • RW (Office of Radioactive Waste) • EM (Office of Environmental Management) • LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory) • SRS (Savannah River National Laboratory)

  13. Data security • NMMSS protects your data • Physical gaps between NMMSS database and outside world • Only the NMMSS operator can directly access data from NMMSS database • We are very protective of your data submitted to NMMSS

  14. One system – two sets of rules • DOE and NRC have slightly different needs and requirements of NMMSS • DOE: • NMMSS tracks 17 DOE-owned materials • DOE requires each DOE sites to report inventories every Sept. 30th • NRC: • NMMSS tracks 8 materials located at licensee sites • NRC requires each licensee to report inventory at least once a year

  15. NRC inventory reporting requirements • Category-1 fuel cycle sites • March 31 and September 30 • Other Fuel cycle sites & reactors • Yearly inventory taking • Licensees with less than 350 grams of fissile material • Between January 1 and March 31

  16. NRC requires licensees to report eight materials to NMMSS: • Depleted uranium - Natural uranium • Thorium - U-233 • U-235 in enriched uranium - Uranium in cascade • Plutonium - Pu-238

  17. DOE requires seventeen DOE-owned materials to be report to NMMSS: - Depleted uranium - Natural uranium • Thorium - U-233 • U-235 in enriched uranium - Uranium in cascade • Plutonium - Pu-238 • Pu-242 - Enriched Lithium • Americium-241 - Americium-243 • Curium - Californium • Neptunium-237 - Deuterium • Tritium

  18. Reporting units to NMMSS: KilogramGramOther units Depleted uranium U-233 Pu-238 (0.1 g) Natural uranium Uranium in cascade Tritium (0.01 g) Thorium U-235in enriched uraniumDeuterium (0.1kg) Enriched Lithium Plutonium Cf (1 micro gram) Pu-242 Americium-241 Americium-243 Curium Neptunium-237

  19. Data flow into and out of NMMSS Licensee Facility #1 NMMSS Edit Data Checks Entered Into Database License Facility Licensee Facility #2 DOE • IAEA • Congress • Other • Countries DOE Site #1 NRC DOE Site #2 DOE Sites

  20. NMMSS Reports for Treaties • To the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): • Imports/exports of nuclear materials -monthly • Imports/exports of uranium ore concentrates-monthly • Inventories, movements of nuclear materials for “IAEA selected” facilities-monthly • Quantity of civilian plutonium-yearly

  21. NMMSS Reports for Treaties, cont. • Agreements for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation: • imports, exports, production and inventories of nuclear materials (obligation codes) • DOE/Minatome HEU Transparency Program • Imports, exports and transfers of nuclear materials (“WR” obligation code)

  22. NMMSS Aids to Facilities – Free! • Safeguards Management Software (SAMS) • NMMSS Reports (as requested) • Telephone discussions with NMMSS staff • NMMSS Users Annual Training Meeting • NMMSS Newsletter • NMMSS Training courses

  23. NMMSS Users and Training Meeting • The meeting is for your benefit! • Ask questions • Share your knowledge and thoughts (both in the meeting and in the hallways) • Respect the views of others • If you hear something that sounds wrong, seek clarification. • Changes occur because of discussions and suggestions made at these annual meetings.

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