Strengthening Safeguards Authorities and Institutions

Year
2008
Author(s)
J.W. Tape - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dunbar Lockwood - National Nuclear Security Administration
Mark Goodman - National Nuclear Security Administration
Michael D. Rosenthal - Brookhaven National Laboratory
Abstract
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards system has changed in major ways from the establishment of the IAEA in 1957 until the present. Changes include strengthening the legal framework of safeguards; improvements in concepts and approaches for safeguards implementation; and significant improvements in the technical tools available to inspectors. In this paper, we explore three broad areas related to strengthening safeguards authorities and institutions: integrated safeguards and State- Level Approaches; special inspections; and NPT withdrawal and the continuation of safeguards.