Nuclear Material Verification From Guidelines to Implementation: Lessons Learned

摘要

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) came into force in 1970, requiring that each Non-nuclear Weapon State party to the NPT conclude a compreshensive safeguards agreement with teh International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA has been applying safeguards under such agreements in a growing number of countries. The objective of comprehensiv safegurads pursuant to the NPT is the timely detection of diversion of significant quantities of nuclear material from peaceful nuclear activities. Comprehensive safeguards agreements are negotiated with individual Non-nuclear Weapon State parties to the NPT according to the principles, the assurance of no diversion is based on nuclear material accounting principles with containment and surveillance (C/S) as important complementary measures to facilitate its practical implementation.