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Removal
of
Fuel Rod
from
New Fuel
Storage
Activity

Removal
of
Fuel
Assemblies
from
Core

Material
Removal
from
Facilities

Removal
of
Fuel Rod
from Spent
Fuel Pool

Removal
of
Fuel Rod
from
Consignment

FIGURE 10.1
Safeguard. measures. described. by. monitoring. (safeguard. monitoring. direction;. spent. fuel.
[dotted.line],.low.enrichment.fuel.[solid.line)].

TABLE 10.2
Nuclear.Material.Safeguard.Conditions

Name Condition

A Removal.of.fuel.rod.from.new.fuel.storage.activity

B Removal.of.fuel.assemblies.from.core

C Material.removal.from.facilities

D Removal.of.fuel.rod.from.spent.fuel.pool

E Removal.of.fuel.rod.from.consignment

The.AHP.was.created.by.Saaty.(1980)..The.Saaty.method.is.widely.used.for.
modeling.of.social.and.economic.matters..Saaty.used.this.process.in.appli-
cations. ranging. from. the. choice. of. a. school. for. his. son. to. the. planning. of.
transportation.systems.for.the.Sudan..The.basic.principle.is.described.by.a.
relevant. example. (Coyle. 2004).. Your. company. is. considering. the. purchase.
of.a.new.piece.of.equipment.of.a.certain.type,.and.four.factors.will.govern.
its.choice:.expense,. E ;.operability,. O ;.reliability,. R ;.and.adaptability.for.other.
uses,.or.lexibility,. F ..The.manufacturers.of.that.equipment.have.offered.three.
options,. X ,. Y ,. and. Z .. The. engineers. of. the. company. have. looked. at. these.
options.and.decided.that. X .is.cheap.and.easy.to.operate,.but.is.not.very.reli-
able. and. could. not. easily. be. adapted. to. other. uses.. Option. Y . is. somewhat.
more. expensive,. is. reasonably. easy. to. operate,. and. is. very. reliable,. but. not.
very. adaptable.. Finally,. Z . is. very. expensive,. not. easy. to. operate,. is. a. little.
less.reliable.than. Y ,.but.is.claimed.by.the.manufacturer.to.have.a.wide.range.
of.alternative.uses..The.object.of.the.analysis.is.to.determine.how. X ,. Y ,.and.
Z . will. satisfy. the. irm's. requirements. to. differing. extents,. and. determine.
which.option.best.meets.the.irm's.needs.
It. is. dificult. to. control. nuclear. materials,. which. are. characteristically.
enclosed.in.containers..So.it.is.reasonable.to.quantify.the.basic.event.by.ran-
dom.sampling.using.the.Monte.Carlo.method,.although.the.quantiication.