Nuclear materials safeguards for the future
Basic concepts of domestic and international safeguards are described, with an emphasis on safeguards systems for the fuel cycles of commercial power reactors. Future trends in institutional and technical measures for nuclear materials safeguards are outlined. The conclusion is that continued developments in safeguards approaches and technology, coupled with institutional measures that facilitate the global management and protection of nuclear materials, are up to the challenge of safeguarding the growing inventories of nuclear materials in commercial fuel cycles in technologically advanced States with stable governments that have signed the nonproliferation treaty. These same approaches also show promise for facilitating international inspection of excess weapons materials and verifying a fissile materials cutoff convention.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 207650
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-95-4078; CONF-9511196-2; ON: DE96005069
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International conference on economics and politics of energy, Miami Beach, FL (United States), 27-29 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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