The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership-a Challenge And Opportunity For Nonproliferation And International Security

摘要

One of the cornerstones of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) program is enhanced nonproliferation and safeguards to facilitate the safe and secure global expansion of nuclear energy. To this end, GNEP proposes developing and implementing advanced safeguards into new fuel cycle processing and reactor facilities, and setting up an assured fuel services framework, including spent fuel takeback, to limit the spread of enrichment and reprocessing technology. The mission of the Safeguards Campaign is to perform the research and technology development required to achieve this GNEP vision of advanced safeguards. Key areas of investigation include a) advanced instrumentation (nondestructive and destructive), b) use of process monitoring for safeguards, c) fully integrated, real-time knowledge of facility operations, and d) advanced modeling and simulation tools.