Isotopic Enrichment Plants - Design Information Question

ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT PLANTS
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INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF SAFEGUARDS

DESIGN INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE *
IAEA USE ONLY

The purpose of this document is to
obtain the facility design information
required by the Agency in order to
discharge its safeguards responsibilities.
It will also serve as a checklist for
examination of design information by
Agency inspector(s). If, in any area,
insufficient space is available add further
shee ts to the extent necessary.

IAEA USE ONLY
COUNTRY

COUNTRY OFFICER

TYPE

DATE OF INITIAL DATA

VERIFICATION

LAST REVIEW AND UPDATING

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Isotopic enrichment plants

ALL FACILITIES
GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Name of the facility
(include usual abbreviation)
2. Location and postal
address
3. Owner
(Legally responsible)
4. Operator
(Legally responsible)

5. Description
(Main features only)

6. Purpose

7. Status
(e.g., planned; under construction,
in operation; shut down; closed
down; decommissioned)
Start of Construction (MM/DD/YYYY)

Commissioning (MM/DD/YYYY)

8. Construction schedule dates
(if not in operation)
9. Normal operating mode
(days only, two shift, three shift;
number of days/annum, etc.)
10. Facility layout
(structural containment, fences,
access, nuclear material storage
areas, laboratories, waste disposal
areas, routes followed by nuclear
material, experimental and test areas,
etc.)

11. Sitting of facility
(Maps showing in sufficient detail:
location, premises and perimeter of
facility, other buildings, roads, railways,
rivers, etc.)

12. Names and/or titles and address
of responsible officers
(for nuclear material accountancy and
control and contact with the Agency. If
possible attach organization charts
showing position of officers)

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DRAWING(S) ATTACHED UNDER REF. NOs.

DRAWING(S) AND/OR MAPS ATTACHED UNDER REF. NOs.

Operation (MM/DD/YYYY)

OVERALL PROCESS PARAMETERS
13. Facility description
((indicating important items of
equipment which use, produce or
process nuclear material, all process
stages and storage areas and feed,
product, tail and waste points)

GENERAL FLOW DIAGRAM(S) ATTACHED UNDER REF. NOs.)

FLOWSHEET(S) FOR NORMAL OPERATION ATTACHED UNDER REF. NOs.)
14. Process description
(identifying sampling and key
measurement points; MBAs; inventory
locations)
MTUSW/annum and MW
15. Design capacity
(Throughput and energy consumption)

16. Anticipated throughput
(in the form of a forward program
indicating proportion of various feeds
and products)

NUCLEAR MATERIAL DESCRIPTION AND FLOW
17. Main material description

i) Chemical and physical form
ii) Throughput and enrichment ranges
(for normal flowsheet operation
indicating if blending and/or recycling
takes place)
iii) Batch size/flow rate and campaign
period
iv) Maximum capability as
concentration of top product (nat. U
feed)
v) Storage inventory

vi) Frequency of receipt or shipment
18. Waste material
i) Source and form
(indicating major contributors; liquid or
solid; range of constituents;
enrichment range; include
contaminated equipment)
ii) Storage inventory range, method
and frequency of recovery/disposal

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Feed

Product

Tails

NUCLEAR MATERIAL DESCRIPTION AND FLOW

19. Container and storage area
descriptions

SEPARATE NOTE TO BE ATTACHED.
Describing for feeds, products and wastes: the type and size of containers used (include operational capacity);
method of storage: filling and emptying procedures (include time cycle); and any special identification
features.

20. Measured discards and retained
waste As % of input
21. Inventory
i) In-process
(within plant and equipment during
normal operation; indicate quantity,
form and main and any significant
change with time or throughput)

PLANT MAINTENANCE
22. Maintenance,
decontamination, clean-out

SEPARATE NOTE TO BE ATTACHED.
Describing plans and procedures and defining all sampling and key measurement points associated with:

i) Normal plant maintenance
ii) Plant and equipment
decontamination and subsequent
nuclear material recovery
iii) Plant and equipment clean-out
including means of ensuring vessels
are empty

PROTECTION AND SAFETY MEASURES
23. Basic measures for physical
protection of nuclear material
24. Specific health and safety rules
for inspector compliance
(if extensive, attach separately)

NUCLEAR MATERIAL ACCOUNTANCY
SPECIMEN FORMS USED IN ALL PROCEDURES ATTACHED UNDER REF. NOs.
25. System description
Give a description of the nuclear
material accounting system, the
method of recording and reporting
accountancy data and establishing
material balances, procedures for
account adjustment after plant
inventory, mistakes, etc., under the
following headings:
i) General

ii) Receipts
(including method of dealing with
shipper/receiver differences and
subsequent account corrections)
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NUCLEAR MATERIAL ACCOUNTANCY
iii) Shipments
(product and waste)
LIST OF MAJOR ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT REGARDED AS NUCLEAR MATERIAL CONTAINERS
ATTACHED UNDER REF. NOS.
iv) Physical inventory
(Frequency, procedures, estimated
distribution)

v) Measured discards
vi) Operational records and accounts
(including method of adjustment or
correction and place of preservation,
and language)
26. For each key measurement
point identified under Qs. 14 and 22
Give the following:
For each measurement point fill in
separate sheet.
Number of measurement points: 1
i) Identification
ii) Chemical and physical form of
material
iii) Sampling procedure and
equipment used
iv) Measurement/analytical method
and equipment used
v) Source and level of random and
systematic errors
(weighing, volume, sampling,
analytical)
vi) Method of converting source data
to batch data
(standard calculative procedures,
constants and empirical relationships)
vii) Calculative and error propagation
technique
viii) Technique and frequency of
calibration of equipment used
ix) Program for the continuing
appraisal of the accuracy of weight,
volume, sampling techniques and
measurement methods

x) Program for statistical evaluation
of data from (viii) and (ix)

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NUCLEAR MATERIAL ACCOUNTANCY
27. Features related to containment
and surveillance measures
(general description of applied or
possible measures in reference to floor
plan or plant layout)
i) S/R differences
ii) Book inventory

iii) Physical inventory

iv) MUF

POST-OPERATION INFORMATION
28. Decommissioning
schedule dates
29. Facility decommissioning
plan

End of operations (MM/DD/YYYY)

PLAN(s) ATTACHED UNDER REF. NOs

i) Key events of the decommissioning
plan

ii) Removal and recovery of nuclear
material

iii) Removing or rendering inoperable
essential equipment

OPTIONAL INFORMATION
30. Optional information

(that the operator considers relevant to
safeguarding the facility)

Signature of Responsible Officer

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Decommissioned (MM/DD/YYYY)