Welcome to the NMMSS Annual Users Conference Michael

Welcome to the NMMSS Annual Users Conference Michael Weber Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Nuclear Material s Safety & Management & Safeguards System

NMMSS Conference • Objectives – Present up-to-date information – Discuss regulatory drivers, requirements, & impacts – Provide system training and orientation – Engage on ideas and solutions

NMMSS History • NMMSS is 45 years young • Lineage from 1964 with the initial steps to manage nuclear material information • Time delays posed significant handicaps • Automated information system developed as the Nuclear Materials Information System • System served both management and safeguards purposes • Pilot in 1967; production in 1968

Long and Winding Road 1964 – NMIS at Oak Ridge 1967 – Transaction reporting 1971 – Daily processing of incoming data 1975 – NRC/ERDA established 1976 – NMIS renamed NMMSS 1977 – DOE established; ID replaces MUF 1977 -78 – Country of origin reporting 1980 – US-IAEA Safeguards Agreement 1995 – NMMSS on PC Platform 2008 – NMMSS at SRS 2009 – NMMSS at DOE-HQ

Persistent Themes • Providers understand the importance of the data • Users harmonize their information needs • User input is key to anticipating changes and refining NMMSS

Imagine • NMMSS has served its users and the Nation well • How well is it serving today? • Imagine if there were no NMMSS? How would we accomplish these functions? • Imagine what NMMSS can be with your input? – What could it do differently, more/less of? – What would you like it to do?

Productive Conference • Engage! • Give us your input – How can NMMSS serve the Nation better today? – How can NMMSS support the Nation in 2019? 2029? – What do we need in the 22 nd Century? • Thanks for your involvement!