The IAEA system and experience as a model for Information Management under the Chemical Weapons Convention

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7295145

Bieber, Jr, A M; Kempf, C R

Similarities in the verification aims of the monitoring regimes of the future Organization for the Prohibition of chemical Weapons (OPCW) and of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), make their general data requirements similar: data are needed for planning inspections, for evaluating inspections, and for preparation of reports on compliance with the relevant treaty In this paper we discuss the legal, procedural and administrative structure behind the data system associated with IAEA safeguards, and, after comparing this to the CWC regime, suggest possible improvements for consideration during the development of national implementation programs and of the declaration and inspection data management system for the OPCW.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 7295145
• Report Number(s): BNL-47088; TSO--92-12; CONF-9207102--54; ON: DE92019412
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

350300* -- Arms Control-- Verification-- (1987-)
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990301 -- Information Handling-- Data Handling-- (1992-)
ARMS CONTROL
CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS
DATA PROCESSING
IAEA
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INSPECTION
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
PROCESSING
SAFEGUARDS
TREATIES
VERIFICATION
WEAPONS