Speaker
Ramon Zarate
(Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission)
Description
Our country, has demonstrated its commitment with the nuclear non-proliferation regime. Consequently, during the past few years, the IAEA got to a broader conclusion that all of the nuclear material in the State had been placed under safeguards and remained in peaceful nuclear activities. In this matter, Chile has signed, ratified and is an active member of the following international conventions and treaties: "Statute of IAEA" (1960), Treaty of Tlatelolco on February (1967), NPT (25 May 1995), Compressive Safeguards Agreements (1995), the Additional Protocol (2002). Considering that the country has achieved the IAEA’s safeguards obligations, the IAEA has implemented (2008) integrated safeguards in Chile.
Moreover, Chile is aware of the relevance of protecting their nuclear facilities against unauthorized removal of nuclear material or acts of sabotage and preventing nuclear and radioactive materials from being lost, stolen and misused. Therefore, the "Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials" 27 April 1994 (Decree No. 1121, issued on 17 October 1994) and later 2008 the "Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Materials Nuclear incorporating the "Nuclear Facilities" has been subscribed by the Government of Chile, and appropriate actions has been taken in collaboration with the IAEA, such the IPPAS mission (2003) and INSServ mission (2013) to evaluate the nuclear security infrastructure. Finally, an Integrated Nuclear Security Support Plan (INSSP) has been developed supported by the IAEA aimed to identify and consolidate the nuclear security needs of Chile.
For all the above we can infer that our country has a clear understanding and commitment of its international nonproliferation obligations and its safeguards agreement with IAEA, which reinforce the understanding of the inherent effects in the use of nuclear energy
| Country or International Organization | Chile |
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Primary author
Ramon Zarate
(Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission)
Co-author
GERMAN SANZ
(Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission)
