The Use of Performance Metrics for the Assessment of Safeguards Effectiveness at the State Level
In the ongoing evolution of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards at the state level, many safeguards implementation principles have been emphasized: effectiveness, efficiency, non-discrimination, transparency, focus on sensitive materials, centrality of material accountancy for detecting diversion, independence, objectivity, and grounding in technical considerations, among others. These principles are subject to differing interpretations and prioritizations and sometimes conflict. This paper is an attempt to develop metrics and address some of the potential tradeoffs inherent in choices about how various safeguards policy principles are implemented. The paper carefully defines effective safeguards, including in the context of safeguards approaches that take account of the range of state-specific factors described by the IAEA Secretariat and taken note of by the Board in September 2014, and (2) makes use of performance metrics to help document, and to make transparent, how safeguards implementation would meet such effectiveness requirements.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC00112704
- OSTI ID:
- 1336078
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-112466-2016-CP
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: The 57th Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) Annual Meeting (Atlanta, Georgia) ; Atlanta, Georgia; 20160724 through 20160728
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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