Conveners
Potential Verification Roles
- Jill Cooley (IAEA)
- Gabriel Terigi (Argentina)
Potential Verification Roles
- Jill Cooley (IAEA)
- Gabriel Terigi (Argentina)
Thomas Shea
(TomSheaNuclear Consulting Services)
22/10/2014, 14:10
oral
One year following the indefinite extension of the NPT, the IAEA, the United States and the Russian Federation entered into a cooperative effort aimed at creating a verification system under which the IAEA could accept and monitor nuclear warheads or nuclear warhead components in relation to the Article VI commitments of both States. Over a six year period, through 98 trilateral events,...
Laura Rockwood
(Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs)
22/10/2014, 14:30
oral
The Trilateral Initiative was a six-year effort undertaken by the IAEA, the United States and the Russian Federation between 1996 to 2002 to identify verification arrangements and technologies for IAEA verification of classified forms of Pu and HEU from nuclear warheads or components. As part of that Initiative, between 1999 and 2001, the parties succeeded in negotiating a model agreement for...
Russell Moul
(VERTIC)
22/10/2014, 14:50
oral
Verification research can be resource-intensive, particularly when it relies on practical or field exercises. These exercises can also involve substantial logistical preparations and are difficult to run in an iterative manner to produce data sets that can be later utilised in verification research. This paper presents the conceptual framework, methodology and preliminary findings from part of...
Leif Persson
(European Commission, DG Energy, Nuclear Safeguards)
22/10/2014, 15:10
oral
As part of the UK strategy to consolidate nuclear material (NM) allowing for declassification of a number of UK facilities, transfer of un-irradiated NM from Dounreay to Sellafield is envisaged. Dounreay will therefore construct a facility to condition and characterise most of the NM before shipment. On the Sellafield site, construction of a dedicated storage facility for material arriving in...
Raymond Diaz
(Brookhaven National Laboratory - ISPO)
22/10/2014, 16:00
oral
This paper will review USSP experiences, lessons learned, and proposed future strategies on the management of complex projects including the Universal Non Destructive Assay Data Acquisition Platform (UNAP) instrument development task. The focus will be on identifying lessons learned to formulate strategies to minimize risk and maximize the potential of commercial success for future complex...
Dr
Yousry Abushady
(Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA))
22/10/2014, 16:40
oral
This paper is aiming to address different proposals to overcome the lack of trust in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful applications among the Middle East (ME) States. By building-up and strengthen the non-proliferation nuclear trust in the ME region, a wider use of nuclear energy for peaceful applications will be promoted. To achieve this target, two proposals are here addressed. The...
Henry Sokolski
(Nonproliferation Policy Education Center)
22/10/2014, 17:00
oral
IAEA safeguards have much improved and the Safeguards Department is commendably planning to further its technical capabilities and to make full use of its authority. Will this be enough to keep countries from exploiting nuclear power programs to develop nuclear weapons, or to be in a position to do so rapidly should they so decide? Depending on nuclear programs developments worldwide,...
