New modern Nuclear Material
Laboratory
Inspectors collect nuclear material
samples
UInspectors collect
environmental samples
ENHANCED CAPABILITIESOF SAFEGUARDS ANALYTICAL SERVICES
Analysis at the nuclear material
laboratories
Confirm completeness of
State Declarations
2014 2015
55
35
20 15
FASTER RESULTSAnalysis time per sample in days reduced
2014 20152011 20132012samples
MORE ANALYSISMesaurement requests per sample increased
HIGHER SENSITIVITYHIGHER ACCURACYNo. of particles analysed per sample increased (LG-SIMS)
2012 2015
200
20
Analysis at the environmental
sample laboratories
Confirm correctness of
State Declarations
ENSURING INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION CAPACITIES
BETTER SERVICESTraining area for Operators, State and Regulatory Organizations, and Agency staff.
10x sensitive
Detection of uranium increasedby ten times
New trainingarea
New Large-Geometry Secondary Ion Mass
Spectrometer (LG-SIMS)
New Scanning Electron Microscope
New Clean Laboratoryextension
MORE ANALYSISSamples per year increased(LG-SIMS)
Modern glove boxes for
plutonium analysis
analytical requests
PlutoniumUranium
16-2
165
Seibersdorf Laboratories
Seibersdorf Laboratories
2012
2015
60
100