Development of an international safeguards approach to the final disposal of spent fuel in geological repositories
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
- Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is currently pursuing development of an international safeguards approach for the final disposal of spent fuel in geological repositories through consultants meetings and through the Program for Development of Safeguards for Final Disposal of Spent Fuel in Geological Repositories (SAGOR). The consultants meetings provide policy guidance to IAEA; SAGOR recommends effective approaches that can be efficiently implemented by IAEA. The SAGOR program, which is a collaboration of eight Member State Support Programs (MSSPs), was initiated in July 1994 and has identified 15 activities in each of three areas (i.e. conditioning facilities, active repositories, and closed repositories) that must be performed to ensure an efficient, yet effective safeguards approach. Two consultants meetings have been held: the first in May 1991 and the last in November 1995. For nuclear materials emplaced in a geological repository, the safeguards objectives were defined to be (1) to detect the diversion of spent fuel, whether concealed or unconcealed, from the repository and (2) to detect undeclared activities of safeguards concern (e.g., tunneling, underground reprocessing, or substitution in containers).
- OSTI ID:
- 596924
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960767--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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