TRANSPARENCY: BUILDING TRUST AND CONFIDENCE ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

摘要

A key objective to the global deployment of nuclear technology is maintaining transparency among nation-states and international communities to assure the safe and legitimate use of nuclear material and related technology. To date, safeguards have been effective as a means to minimize opportunities for proliferation. However, recent changes in the global political climate require that trust relationships be enhanced among nation-states. An advanced transparency framework that provides instantaneous assessment of conditions at a nuclear fuel cycle facility, in addition to international safeguards, can increase confidence that a facility is not being used for diversion. This paper will outline how advanced transparency concepts can be applied to future nuclear facilities, and how the application of advanced transparency can provide a means to increase trust among nation-states and international parties.