Title: IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)/facility interface in international safeguards
Abstract: Many interactions take place between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and facilities within a state. The main interface is the inspection by IAEA inspectors at a facility. In the course of verifying a state's reports to the IAEA on facility matters, further indirect interactions take place between a facility and the IAEA via the State System for Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Material. In addition, other formal and/or informal contacts between IAEA staff and facility management and/or staff are essential for implementation of effective and efficient international safeguards. The IAEA/facility interface is determined by legally binding documents (safeguards agreements, subsidiary arrangements, facility attachments) that are the framework for applying international safeguards. These documents define obligations, conditions, restrictions, etc., for the actual conduct of inspections and for other safeguards-related activities at the facility by IAEA inspectors. There are some general problems in implementing safeguards at existing bulk-handling facilities that result from the fact that such facilities have been designed in the past without due consideration of international safeguards. Examples of this situation are given. Close cooperation between states, operators, and the Department of Safeguards of the IAEA is an indispensable prerequisite to overcome existing and expected problems in applyingmore » safeguards.« less
Publication Year: 1987
Publication Date: 1987-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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