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RADMAN™
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Approved by the NRC in 1983, this program is the standard for the nuclear power
industry and is routinely used at over 95% of U.S. operating stations. It
characterizes, classifies, manifests and documents packaged radioactive waste.
It incorporates current DOT and NRC regulatory requirements and the acceptance
criteria for the Barnwell, Envirocare and Hanford disposal sites. It operates on an
easily updated plant specific database and incorporates state of the art practices
and analytical methods to support shippers and NRC audits. A typical shipment
manifest plus all supporting regulatory documentation can be prepared in five to 10
minutes.
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RAMSHP™
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This program is similar to RADMAN™ but is used to manifest and document
radioactive materials shipments between licensees. It incorporates methods to
characterize and classify contaminated materials, activated components,
packaged equipment, sources, samples and instruments and articles. RAMSHP™
also supports shipments by air in accordance with IATA Requirements.
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FILTRK™
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This program is linked to RADMAN™ and
characterizes and classifies spent filters
or strainers. In addition to NRC and DOT
classification requirements, it
incorporates the NRC and Barnwell
concentration averaging guidelines to
ensure that packaged filters comply with
regulatory requirements. Dose rate
breakpoints for each NRC Class can
be obtained quickly and easily for each
stream prior to filter generation. Users
can prepare mock shipments before
actual packaging to avoid HICs that do
not conform to requirements.
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OSM™
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This program is linked to RAMSHP™ and
is used to characterize, inventory and
track vendor equipment received on-site
to support an outage. It maintains a
current inventory of equipment received
and enables the user to quickly recharacterize
this equipment once the
outage is over and manifest it for return
shipment.
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MegaShield™
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This Windows based program makes it easy to perform point-kernel shielding
calculations. It provides for multiple source sizes, materials, shield regions and
materials in most geometric configurations. Its graphical interface facilitates
iterative calculations to optimize shields. It also performs dose to curie conversion
calculations. It has been benchmarked to ANSI and ESIS standard shielding
cases.
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RAMTRAK™
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This program is designed to inventory, track and prepare reports on RAM, LLRW
and equipment stored at multiple sites, allowing for a fleet overview. It is
a web based application that can be accessed from any internet connected
computer. RAMTRK can interface directly with WMG's RADMAN™ and/or RAMSHP™ to
utilize current facility waste and RAM records.
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FILTRSAVR™
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Building on the FILTRK™ output, this program receives wirelessly transmitted dose rate
data from filter housings and estimates the NRC waste class while the filters are still
loading and in service. "Speedometers" provide a visual dispaly of actual vs. target
waste class. Real time characterization allows better management of filter waste,
efficient scheduling of filter changes and provides input for ALARA evaluations.
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Our Standard Software
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WMG’s standard software packages support:
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• Low level waste management
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• Radioactive materials management
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• TRU waste characterization
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• Spent filter characterization
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• Power plant outages
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• On-site Radioactive Waste / Material Tracking
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WMG also provides customized versions of its standard packages, as well as
programs specifically designed to support client and/or a facility's specific needs in
the U.S. and abroad.
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Custom Software Solutions
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When our standard software packages do not meet a client’s specific need, they are customized. These single
application projects include development of completely new programs that address DOE characterization and
acceptance parameters and generate DOE disposal site manifests. Commercial projects range from
processes like incineration to fairly elaborate waste processing facilities where customer and nuclide tracking
at each step of the process is critical. Other commercial projects involved the incorporation of another
country’s regulatory requirements into one of our standard packages. Government projects have involved DOE
facilities with unique waste forms that are not amenable to characterization using commercial techniques. Examples
include development of dose to curie conversion techniques for low-level Pu waste forms to those used for
characterization of Uranium and Thorium. Each custom designed computer program effort is fully documented
with specifications and reports from the initial design stage through its operational testing at a client’s
facility.
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Our Quality Assurance Program
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All software is designed, developed and
modified under WMG’s 10CFR Part 50
Appendix B Quality Assurance Program.
Our software QA program also meets the
requirements of NQA-1, Part II, Subpart
2.7. In place since 1988, NUPIC and
commercial clients routinely audit our
Quality Program. WMG software users
have access to all testing programs and
quality assurance documentation, thus
assuring that it meets all functional,
technical and regulatory requirements.
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Since 1983, WMG has been the leader in radioactive materials management software for the nuclear industry. From
its NRC approved RADMAN™ program, WMG has supplied its utility and commercial clients with easy-to-use programs
based on current practices and regulatory requirements. It’s no wonder that WMG computer programs are
routinely used at most commercial nuclear power plants, commercial nuclear processing facilities and government
sites.