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Field trial of the enhanced data authentication system (EDAS)

Thomas, Maikael A.; Hymel, Ross W.; Baldwin, George T.; Smejkal, Andreas S.; Linnebach, Ralf L.

The Enhanced Data Authentication System (EDAS) is means to securely branch information from an existing measurement system or data stream to a secondary observer. In an international nuclear safeguards context, the EDAS connects to operator instrumentation, and provides a cryptographically secure copy of the information for a safeguards inspectorate. However, this novel capability could be a valuable complement to inspector-owned safeguards instrumentation, offering context that is valuable for anomaly resolution and contingency.