The German Support Program has been working alongside the IAEA Department of Safeguards to enhance the methods for submitting site maps required under Article 2.a.(iii) of the Additional Protocol. The experience and results of this cooperation have exposed new requirements and workflows for site operators and State or regional authorities to submit site maps compatible with current geographic...
The State of Côte d’Ivoire (CI) has a Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (CSA) which entered into force on 8 September 1983. The Additional Protocol (AP) to the safeguards agreement entered into force on 5 May 2016. As a result, the following activities were carried out over the last two (2) years 2016-17:
- With reference to paragraph 32 of the CSA, CI has submitted nine (9) accounting...
The Agreement between the United States of America (U.S.) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) (Information Circular (INFCIRC)/366) entered into force on April 6, 1989. When INFCIRC/366 was signed, the U.S. and the IAEA also concluded a...
Locations outside Facilities (LOFs) hold limited quantities of nuclear material but States may have many LOF locations to regulate. Often States have many more LOF locations than facilities, generating a large administrative volume for the Safeguards Authority to manage what is a relatively static inventory. The challenge for each Safeguards Authority is to set up infrastructure with processes...
The States with Additional Protocols (APs) in force are required to submit declarations to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) providing the information about all parts of a State’s nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mines to nuclear waste, on quarterly and annual basis. While the majority of the States submit their AP declarations in English, a significant number of countries provide...
To fulfil obligations undertaken under “Agreement between RA and IAEA for Application of Safeguards in Connection with NPT” (SA) and Protocol Additional (AP) to SA SSAC had been established in Armenia.
Main requirements to SSAC are established in Law on Safe Utilization of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes and associated guides specifying detailed procedures on nuclear material accounting...
Turkey is the first State that implemented State Declarations Portal (SDP) usage for its nuclear material accounting reports and Additional Protocol declarations. Also Turkey had tried to use Protocol Reporter 3 (PR3) since first they were announced and delivered to Turkey however we have experienced some problems. In this paper we will introduce Safeguards System in Turkey shortly and then...
As a state party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)Thailand has been implementing the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (INFCIRC/241) since 1974. In order to fulfill international obligations under the NPT and to provide the transparency on nuclear energy uses, Thailand had signed the Additional Protocol on 22nd September 2005 and prepared regulatory legal framework and...
