Operator's experience in random interim inspection for reprocessing plant at JNC-1 site

Ishiyama, Koichi ; Miura, Yasushi ; Kimura, Takashi ; Hina, Tetsuro; Kodani, Yoshiki; Fukuhara, Junichi; Yamaguchi, Katsuhiro*; Ikeda, Atsushi*; Kabuki, Toshihide*

Regarding the Integrated Safeguards (IS) for JNC-1 site where includes facilities of the Reprocessing Center and so on, its discussion for application started in March 2004 between the government of Japan and IAEA, and it has been introduced in August 2008. With IS for JNC-1, for the purpose of improvement of deterrence of the nuclear material diversion, the traditional interim inventory verification (IIV) has changed to random interim inspection with short notice (RII.) The Tokai Reprocessing Center consists of TRP and PCDF, and has nuclear materials from the spent fuel to the MOX powder. The IIV needed about 5 person-days for TRP and about 7 person-days for PCDF. It was discussed to make RII procedure that makes it possible to perform such short notice inspection and reduce the person-days by about 2 per a RII. After the introduction of RII, the person-days are decreased even though the operators' work loads for information provision are increased.