Speaker
Ms
Angela Sidorencu
(National Agency for Regulation of Nuclear and Radiological Activities)
Description
Republic of Moldova being a state with Small Quantities Protocol is committed to fulfilling its safeguards obligations. The Republic of Moldova is party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and has in force a Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with International Atomic Energy Agency, with a modified Small Quantities Protocol, and an Additional Protocol. It fulfills its obligations through establishing of the state system of accountancy and control of nuclear materials and reporting of import and export of nuclear material, specified equipment and non-nuclear material pursuant to the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol. In 2013 the Republic of Moldova hosted the IAEA International State System of Accounting and Control of Nuclear Material Advisory Service mission the findings and recommendations of it served as a good basis for developing infrastructure for safeguards implementation.
The paper is going to describe building capacity of the National Agency for Regulation of Nuclear and radiological Activities (designated as Moldova’s nuclear regulatory authority related to the implementation of safeguards), development of regulatory infrastructure for safeguards implementation as well as problems encountered in fulfilling its obligations under the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement, with a modified Small Quantities Protocol, an Additional Protocol in place.
| Topics | SGI4 |
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| Which "Key Question" does your Abstract address? | SGI4.1 |
| Which alternative "Key Question" does your Abstract address? (if any) | SGI4.3 |
Primary author
Mr
Ion APOSTOL
(National Agency for Regulation of Nuclear and Radiological Activities)
Co-author
Ms
Angela Sidorencu
(National Agency for Regulation of Nuclear and Radiological Activities)
