Topical Booklets & Articles
Safeguards & Verification
IAEA Safeguards: Staying Ahead of the Game (2007)
What are nuclear safeguards and why are they important? Answers are provided in the booklet, describing and explaining the fundamentals of the IAEA safeguards system and its role as a key element of international security, and addressing the system´s implementation, costs, requirements, resources and historical development, with an emphasis on trends and strengthening measures over the past 10-15 years. Download pdf » (846 KB)
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons & Nuclear Security: Overview of Safeguards Requirements for States with Limited Nuclear Material and Activities (2006)
This booklet provides an overview of safeguards obligations that apply to States which are parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that have no nuclear facilities and only limited quantities of nuclear material. It presents information to facilitate the conclusion and implementation of safeguards agreements and additional protocols with the IAEA. Download pdf » (587 KB)
-- (Also available in Arabic | French | Russian | Spanish).
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons & Nuclear Security: IAEA Safeguards Agreements & Additional Protocols (2005)
This report provides background information on safeguards and explains procedures for States to conclude Additional Protocols to comprehensive safeguards agreements with the IAEA. Download pdf » (532 KB)
-- (Also available in Arabic | French | Spanish).
Drawing Safeguards Conclusions for a State as a Whole (2004) This paper, presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Material Management in July 2004, describes the implementation of safeguards approaches at the State level and the process for drawing safeguards conclusions for a State as a whole. Download pdf »
State Systems for Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Material (2003) Remarks by IAEA Deputy Director for Safeguards, Pierre Goldschmidt, at the Regional Training Course in South Africa, 20-31 October 2003. Read more »
Safeguards Techniques & Equipment (2003) This booklet updates a previous one on the techniques and equipment used for both nuclear material accountancy and containment and surveillance measures, and for the new safeguards measure of environmental sampling. Download pdf »
The Safeguards System of the IAEA (2003)
This report, initially presented to the IAEA Board of Governors, addresses the status and implementation of IAEA safeguards in the
changing global environment. Download pdf »
Teaming IAEA Inspectors with Technology (2003) This booklet describes new types of verification equipment in development and use for safeguards inspections. Read more »
Major Challenges Facing the International Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime (2003) This report by Mr. Pierre Goldschmidt, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards, looks at steps to strengthen the safeguards system. Read more »
Changing Nature of Safeguards (2003) This article by Richard Hooper, a former senior officer at the IAEA, reviews the major changes in the Agency's safeguards system. Download pdf »
Nuclear Security and Safeguards (2001) This edition of the IAEA Bulletin reports on issues addressed at the IAEA´s Symposium in 2001. Read more »
The IAEA´s Safeguards System: Moving into the 21st Century (1999) Issued as a supplement to the IAEA Bulletin, this report by Mr. Pierre Goldschmidt, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards, describes and examines the key components of the safeguards system and the strengthening measures that have been put into place. Download pdf »
The IAEA Safeguards System: Ready for the 21st Century (1997)
This illustrated booklet attempts to provide clear, simple answers to some of the most fundamental questions about controlling the
further spread of nuclear weapons and the pivotal role being performed by the IAEA. Read more »
Against the Spread of Nuclear Weapons: IAEA Safeguards in the 1990s (1993) This booklet describes the IAEA safeguards system in the context of global efforts to prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons. Read more »
IAEA Inspections and Iraq´s Nuclear Capabilities (1992) This booklet chronicles IAEA nuclear inspections in Iraq under UN Security Council during the period 1991-92. Read more »
