Speaker
Alain RIALHE
(IAEA Department of Safeguards, Division of Information Management, State Declared Information Section)
Description
The Protocol Reporter was developed by the IAEA to assist States in the creation and preparation of declarations pursuant to articles 2 and 3 of the additional protocol (AP), and was designed to be a complete tool for compiling, arranging, editing, managing, and submitting State declarations in support of the AP. Version 1.0 was released in 1999 and version 2.0, the most recent version, was released in December 2008. Both are stand-alone desktop systems that allow users to input data on AP declarable activities and facilities, and to prepare a complete declaration for submission to the IAEA.
Protocol Reporter is currently experiencing compatibility problems with newer 64-bit operating systems. Additionally, the Agency and Member States have identified desirable enhancements not presently available in version 2.0. Development of the next version of the Protocol Reporter is therefore necessary in order to maintain the system’s usability. To that end, the Agency has partnered with the United States Department of Energy for support in the development of the next version of AP reporting software.
Since October 2013 the IAEA and DOE have been working to define and document functional requirements and system design specifications. A final draft of the system requirement specification was delivered to the IAEA in March 2014 and, at the time of this submittal, work on the system design specification was in progress. Key differences between version 2.0 and the new version will include increased detail of data, improved methods for States to consolidate and manage declaration data, expanded use of look-up tables, and the ability to attach files directly to an entry, declaration, or submission.
This presentation will report on the collaboration, work, scope, purpose, results to date, and future plans for the Protocol Reporter version 3.0.
| Country or International Organization | United States of America |
|---|---|
| EPR Number (required for all IAEA-SG staff) | 717 |
Author
Alain RIALHE
(IAEA Department of Safeguards, Division of Information Management, State Declared Information Section)
Co-authors
Ike Therios
(US Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Washington, DC, USA)
Jacqueline Idinger
(Safeguard Information Management Division, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria)
Kevin Hannan
(Trident Resources Corporation, Oak Ridge, TN, USA)
Ronald Cain
(US Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA)
Scott Purvis
(US Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Washington, DC, USA)
Wilhelm Mandl
(Safeguard Information Management Division, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria)
