IAEA Standards and Procedures for the Authorization of Safeguards Instruments

Andrew Monteith Division of Technical Support Department of Safeguards

Outline

• • • • Overview of IAEA activities Examples of safeguards equipment in use Development cycle for SG equipment Conclusions 2 Workshop on Applied Antineutrino Physics 2007, December 13-14, 2007

IAEA Safeguards Objectives

• Safeguards are applied by the IAEA to verify the correctness and completeness of declarations made by States about the exclusively peaceful use of their nuclear material and activities and thereby reducing the risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons.

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Safeguards Implementation

• • • • • ~ 900 facilities in 71 countries ~ 2,100 inspections/year ~ 250 Safeguards Inspectors Limited funding ~ €110M regular budget Improving implementation through • • Additional Protocol Integrated Safeguards (IS) Approach 4 Workshop on Applied Antineutrino Physics 2007, December 13-14, 2007

IAEA SG Techniques / Equipment in use

Wide variety of safeguards equipment/techniques such as: • Non Destructive Assay (NDA) • Containment and Surveillance (C/S) • Containment verification • Seals • Cameras • Destructive Analysis (DA) • Environmental Sampling (ES) 5 Workshop on Applied Antineutrino Physics 2007, December 13-14, 2007

Non Destructive Assay (NDA)

~100 different types of NDA equipment : 6 Workshop on Applied Antineutrino Physics 2007, December 13-14, 2007

Containment and Surveillance (C/S)

Seals 7 Workshop on Applied Antineutrino Physics 2007, December 13-14, 2007

Containment and Surveillance (C/S)

Surveillance 8 Workshop on Applied Antineutrino Physics 2007, December 13-14, 2007

Unattended Monitoring

• • • • Primary Advantages More effective safeguards through continuous monitoring Reduced inspection efforts / Reduced level of intrusiveness in the operation of nuclear facilities.

Reduced radiation exposure 9 Workshop on Applied Antineutrino Physics 2007, December 13-14, 2007

DA & ES

Bulk or trace samples analyzed at SAL or one of the NWAL • Elemental Analysis • Titration • • • K-edge X-ray densitometry Isotopic dilution mass spectrometry Wavelength dispersive XRF spectrometry • Isotopic Analysis • TIMS • • Hi Res  -ray spectrometry Alpha spectrometry 10 Workshop on Applied Antineutrino Physics 2007, December 13-14, 2007

Development Implementation Cycle

• • • 3 Stages of Development Stage 1 – Category C, Under Development Stage 2 – Category B, Under Evaluation Stage 3 – Category A, Authorized for Inspection Use 11 Workshop on Applied Antineutrino Physics 2007, December 13-14, 2007

Development Cycle

Need Solutions Sought Proposals Reviewed R&D Awarded • • • • • need generated by inspectors or others within the SG Department JPN, NET, ROK, RSA, RUS, SWE, UK, USA.

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Roadmap

• • Things that the Agency can do • • Seek out need and prioritize Issue ‘SP-1’ to MSSP Things that our MSSPs can do • Present a clear vision of what antineutrino detection can offer the Agency • Decide on individual state or joint approach from a technical standpoint • Seek out possible sources of funding and resources (lab + field testing, facilities, export assistance etc.) 13 Workshop on Applied Antineutrino Physics 2007, December 13-14, 2007