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NMMSS Orientation

Brian HornNuclear Regulatory Commission

Peter DessaulesDepartment of Energy

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NMMSS

• Nuclear

• Materials

• Management and

• Safeguards

• System

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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)

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NMMSS (continued)

• Used to satisfy– Domestic needs of the Department of Energy– Domestic needs of the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission – International needs U.S. Government

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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

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What types of nuclear material activities do facilities report to NMMSS?

• Imports and exports

• Domestic movements

• Inventory

• Inventory adjustments

• “DOE-owned” Ownership changes

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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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Reporting units to NMMSS:

Kilogram Gram Other unitsDepleted uranium U-233 Pu-238 (0.1 g)

Natural uraniumUranium in cascade Tritium (0.01 g)

Thorium U-235 in enriched uranium Deuterium (0.1kg)

Enriched Lithium Plutonium Cf (1 micro gram)

Pu-242 Americium-241

Americium-243

CuriumNeptunium-237

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Data flow into and out of NMMSS

LicenseeFacility #2 DOE

DOE Site #1 NRC

Licensee Facility #1

DOE Site #2

LicenseFacility

DOESites

-IAEA

-Congress

- Other Countries

NMMSS

Edit DataChecks Entered Into

Database

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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

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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)

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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

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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.