IAEA Standards and Procedures for the Authorization of Safeguards Instruments

Andrew MonteithDivision of Technical Support Department of Safeguards

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Outline

• Overview of IAEA activities

• Examples of safeguards equipment in use

• Development cycle for SG equipment

• Conclusions

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IAEA Safeguards Objectives

• Safeguards are applied by the IAEA to verify the correctness and completeness of declarations made by States about the exclusively peaceful use of their nuclear material and activities and thereby reducing the risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons.

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• ~ 900 facilities in 71 countries

• ~ 2,100 inspections/year

• ~ 250 Safeguards Inspectors

• Limited funding ~ €110M regular budget

• Improving implementation through• Additional Protocol

• Integrated Safeguards (IS) Approach

Safeguards Implementation

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IAEA SG Techniques / Equipment in use

Wide variety of safeguards equipment/techniques such as:

•Non Destructive Assay (NDA)•Containment and Surveillance (C/S)

• Containment verification • Seals • Cameras

•Destructive Analysis (DA) •Environmental Sampling (ES)

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Non Destructive Assay (NDA)

~100 different types of NDA equipment :

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Containment and Surveillance (C/S)

Seals

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Containment and Surveillance (C/S)

Surveillance

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Unattended Monitoring

Primary Advantages

• More effective safeguards through continuous monitoring

• Reduced inspection efforts /

• Reduced level of intrusiveness in the operation of nuclear facilities.

• Reduced radiation exposure

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DA & ES

Bulk or trace samples analyzed at SAL or one of the NWAL

•Elemental Analysis• Titration

• K-edge X-ray densitometry

• Isotopic dilution mass spectrometry

• Wavelength dispersive XRF spectrometry

•Isotopic Analysis• TIMS

• Hi Res -ray spectrometry

• Alpha spectrometry

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Development Implementation Cycle

3 Stages of Development

• Stage 1 – Category C, Under Development

• Stage 2 – Category B, Under Evaluation

• Stage 3 – Category A, Authorized for Inspection Use

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Development Cycle

• All instrumentation arises from a defined need generated by inspectors or others within the SG Department

NeedSolutionsSought

• Solutions are sought from MSSP• Proposals are reviewed

ProposalsReviewed

• R&D awarded to appropriate MSSP

R&DAwarded

• MSSP Countries – ARG, AUL, BEL, BRZ, CAN, CHI, CZ, EC, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, JPN, NET, ROK, RSA, RUS, SWE, UK, USA.

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Roadmap

• Things that the Agency can do• Seek out need and prioritize

• Issue ‘SP-1’ to MSSP

• Things that our MSSPs can do• Present a clear vision of what antineutrino

detection can offer the Agency

• Decide on individual state or joint approach from a technical standpoint

• Seek out possible sources of funding and resources (lab + field testing, facilities, export assistance etc.)