Programme 93+2 -- IAEA development program for strengthened and more cost-effective safeguards
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
This development program is a broad-based effort that touches on most aspects of IAEA safeguards, however, the emphasis is on the development and testing of strengthening measures that provide increased assurance regarding the absence of undeclared activities. Material accountancy will likely remain the cornerstone of IAEA safeguards but under a much wider inspection regime. The strengthening measures being tested through a series of field trials include: (1) broad access to information involving expanded declarations from States that include a complete description of their nuclear program in addition to nuclear material holdings, information on the import-export of certain equipment and material and information from national technical means; (2) broad physical access to declared locations and managed access to other locations; (3) the conduct of no-notice inspections where the State is not given advance notification regarding the timing, location and activities associated with an inspection; (4) the testing of new technical measures such as environmental monitoring for the detection of undeclared activities; and (5) new administrative procedures that include universal inspector designations and the issuance of multi-entry visas. This paper provides an overview of this work.
- OSTI ID:
- 225331
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950787--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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