Conveners
Acquisition Path Analysis Methodology
- Arpad Vincze (Hungary)
- Gotthard Stein (Germany)
Acquisition Path Analysis Methodology
- Arpad Vincze (Hungary)
- Gotthard Stein (Germany)
Therese Renis
(IAEA)
22/10/2014, 09:10
oral
An overview of the recent development work that has been done on acquisition path analysis, implementation of the methodologies within the Department of Safeguards, lessons learned and future areas for development will be provided.
Arpad Vincze
(Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority)
22/10/2014, 09:50
oral
The “directed graph analysis” has been shown to be a promising methodology to implement acquisition path analysis by the IAEA to support the State evaluation process. Based on this methodology a material flow network model has been developed under the Hungarian Support Programme to the IAEA, in which materials in different chemical and physical form can flow through pipes representing declared...
Clemens Listner
(Forschungszentrum Juelich)
22/10/2014, 10:10
oral
International Safeguards is currently in an evolutionary process to increase effectiveness and efficiency of the verification system. This is an obvious consequence of the inability to detect the Iraq’s clandestine nuclear weapons programme in the early 90s. By the adoption of the Programme 93+2, this has led to the development of Integrated Safeguards and the State-level concept. Moreover,...
Kory Budlong Sylvester
(Los Alamos National Laboratory)
22/10/2014, 11:00
oral
With the pursuit of the State-Level Concept (SLC), the IAEA has sought to further evolve the international safeguards system in a manner which maintains (or improves) the effectiveness of the system in an environment of expanding demands and limited resources. The IAEA must not remain static and should continuously examine its practices to ensure it can capture opportunities for cost...
Giacomo Cojazzi
(European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements, Nuclear Security Unit – Ispra)
22/10/2014, 11:20
oral
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards designed to deter nuclear proliferation are constantly evolving to respond to new challenges. Within its State Level Concept, the IAEA envisions an objective-based and information-driven approach for designing and implementing State Level Approaches (SLAs), using all available measures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of...
Zsolt Varga
(European Commission JRC Institute for Transuranium Elements)
22/10/2014, 11:40
oral
Several parameters of the nuclear materials can be used to verify their sources and the declared origin for safeguards purposes, such as chemical composition, nuclear material content, impurities or the isotopic compositions of major or trace-level constituents. Combining these parameters (also known as signatures) enables the verification of the safeguarded materials at high confidence, and...
Jack Crowley
(MITRE)
22/10/2014, 12:00
oral
The volume, velocity and diversity of data available to analysts are growing exponentially, increasing the demands on analysts to stay abreast of developments in their areas of investigation. In parallel to the growth in data, technologies have been developed to efficiently process, store, and effectively extract information suitable for the development of a knowledge base capable of...
