Increasing Cooperations Between IAEA, ABACC and the National Safeguards System in Argentina

Several points in the Quadripartite Ageement establish cooperation activities that must be performed with regard to nuclear sageguards. Following these directives, the ABACC and the IAEA have been working together in the development and improvement of safeguard approaches, in modern and secure communication systems, inspector training and on the resolution of implementation problems. There is a permanent request of the state system to both agencies to coordinate thier task, with the goal of an effecient management of the con-benefit in the safeguard activities. The cooperation within the framework of the Quadripartite Agreement is an on going activity and he success of a regional and an international safegaurd system working together, relies on the good coordination between the parties. At the state levek the responsibility of the regulatory body in the safeguard area is to preserve the fufillment of international commitments, to update the nuclear material inventories as required, to evaluate the radiological risks and thier impact on the safeuards activities and to optimize the economic burden on the operator due to safeguards activities. In this paper ARN presents its view on the permanent interaction betwen the Argentine National Safeguards System, and the IAEA and ABACC. The review of some local regulations in line with the new safeguards approaches proposed and the recent progress on the implementation of an unattended system aimed at reduction the inspection effort dedicated bt ABACC and IAEA to monitor the spent fuel transfer campaigns to dry storage at Embalse NPP including conditions to start the state of health transmission are reported.