Field Implementation of Nuclear Safeguards: ENEA' s Capability Projection - 17174
- ENEA, The Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and Sustainable Economic Development (Italy)
The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) for Italy entered into force on May 2, 1975, in the framework of the national political position to deal with the nuclear energy only for civilian medical and industrial uses, being the country included in the NNWS (Non-Nuclear Weapon States). It is recognized that for these scopes nuclear material is produced, used, shipped and disposed, but it is at the same time known that it is not like any other material. The signature of further international treaties like the Additional Protocol to NPT led the Italian Ministry for the Economic Development (MISE) to take advantage of the public Italian Agency for Energy Environment and the Economic Development (ENEA) by means of a three years basis renewable agreement that could support the Ministry in fulfilling the clauses and obligations rising from the treaty itself and then fostering R and D in the field of the safeguards. MISE supported the procurement of a mobile laboratory able to bring sophisticated analysis instruments on the field in case of suspected environmental contamination deriving from the presence of nuclear materials. The description of this mobile laboratory and its capabilities is illustrated in this paper. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22794572
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--19-WM-17174
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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