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Concept for the Affordable and Rapid Deployment of a WAES Capability

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Undeclared nuclear fuel cycle facilities unequivocally present the greatest safeguards challenge to the International Atomic Energy Agency. INFCIRC540, Additional Protocol (AP), has a provision under Article 9 for future implementation of Wide Area Environmental Sampling (WAES). Such implementation requires approval by the IAEA Board of Governors following consultations with the IAEA and others. An assessment of potential application of WAES has been revisited on numerous occasions but has been found to be very expensive and beyond implementation by the IAEA . This challenge is compounded by a lack of cost-effective implementable approach.

Source: OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Author: Eiden, Gregory Charles [Idaho National Laboratory]; Reyes, Gustavo A [Idaho National Laboratory]; Zarzana, Christopher A [Idaho National Laboratory]

Institution: Idaho National Laboratory

Language: English

Topic: Nuclear and radioactivity studies

Subfield: Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, Battelle, Idaho Operations Office, U.S. Department of Energy

Awards: G127156130, G2873784832, G3439656048, G594963403