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The state-level approach: moving beyond integrated safeguards

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: The concept of a State-Level Approach (SLA) for international safeguards planning, implementation, and evaluation was contained in the Conceptual Framework for Integrated Safeguards (IS) agreed in 2002. This paper describes briefly the key elements of the SLA, including State-level factors and high-level safeguards objectives, and considers different cases in which application of the SLA methodology could address safeguards for 'suspect' States, 'good' States, and Nuclear Weapons States hosting fuel cycle centers. The continued use and further development of the SLA to customize safeguards for each State, including for States already under IS, is seen as central to effective and efficient safeguards for an expanding nuclear world.

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

Author: James W Tape

Institution: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Language: English

Topic: Nuclear Issues and Defense

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency, National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Awards: G286898171, G310521049, G3700687868, G5657628048, G75892134