Blockchain Technology for KAERI Safeguards implementation

Year
2018
Author(s)
Juang Jung - Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
Abstract
The IAEA administers international safeguards to verify that non-nuclear weapon States party to the NPT fulfill the non-proliferation commitment they have made, \"with a view to preventing diversion of nuclear energy from peaceful uses to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.\" In accordance with the IAEA role above, the role of the Member State has made it necessary to make safeguards of each country credible, transparent and effective. We have considered safer, less labor-intensive and faster methods than the current IAEA Security Channel, and in this paper we will talk about block-chain technology. If the various advantages of the block chain apply to IAEA safeguards, it will be a new phase. Particularly if IAEA member states have this infrastructure in well-equipped and well-run infrastructure, then substantial IAEA material resources and safeguards efficiency will be able to increase.