U.S. ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL SPECIFIC ISSUES AND STATUS

The U.S. Additional Protocol, signed in 1998, has been approved by the Senate. The U.S. Government is continuing to prepare for entry into force of the Protocol, which will occur when all necessary legal, regulatory, and administrative measures are in place to enable the United States to comply with the Protocol. The status of these preparations is reviewed. Agency responsibilities for outreach, data collection, and other implementation tasks, shared between the Departments of State, Energy, and Commerce, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are outlined. The policy context for the application of IAEA safeguards in the United States is also briefly reviewed. Like the U.S. – IAEA safeguards agreement, in force since 1980, the U.S. Protocol requires declaration of and provides for IAEA access rights only at locations that are not of direct national security significance to the United States.