Safeguarding and Protecting the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
International safeguards as applied by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are a vital cornerstone of the global nuclear nonproliferation regime - they protect against the peaceful nuclear fuel cycle becoming the undetected vehicle for nuclear weapons proliferation by States. Likewise, domestic safeguards and nuclear security are essential to combating theft, sabotage, and nuclear terrorism by non-State actors. While current approaches to safeguarding and protecting the nuclear fuel cycle have been very successful, there is significant, active interest to further improve the efficiency and effectiveness of safeguards and security, particularly in light of the anticipated growth of nuclear energy and the increase in the global threat environment. This article will address two recent developments called Safeguards-by-Design and Security-by-Design, which are receiving increasing broad international attention and support. Expected benefits include facilities that are inherently more economical to effectively safeguard and protect. However, the technical measures of safeguards and security alone are not enough - they must continue to be broadly supported by dynamic and adaptive nonproliferation and security regimes. To this end, at the level of the global fuel cycle architecture, 'nonproliferation and security by design' remains a worthy objective that is also the subject of very active, international focus.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 1033612
- Report Number(s):
- INL/JOU-10-19746; NUNWA8; TRN: US1200756
- Journal Information:
- Nuclear News, Vol. 53, Issue 12; ISSN 0029-5574
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DESIGN
DOMESTIC SAFEGUARDS
EFFICIENCY
FUEL CYCLE
IAEA
NUCLEAR ENERGY
NUCLEAR FUELS
PROLIFERATION
SABOTAGE
SAFEGUARDS
SECURITY
THEFT
international safeguards
nonproliferation
physical protection
physical security
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Safeguards-by-Design
Security-by-Design