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- Title
Safeguarding the Military Naval Nuclear Fuel Cycle.
- Authors
Philippe, Sébastien
- Abstract
In the safeguards agreements between non-nuclear-weapon- state members of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency, there is a possibility for non-nuclear weapon states, acting with the approval of the agency's board of governors, to remove from safeguards nuclear materials to be used in non-proscribed military activities such as naval nuclear propulsion. This possibility limits the power of the agency to enforce the primary goal of the safeguards agreement, i.e., to verify that nuclear materials are not diverted to pursue the development of nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. Brazil will soon be the first non-nuclear weapons state to deploy a nuclear submarine and the first to challenge the nonproliferation regime to verify the non-diversion of nuclear material from a military activity. As part of a strategy to address this important issue, and after reviewing the existing legal framework, this paper presents a model for the application of safeguards on the naval nuclear fuel cycle in a military environment. The model could potentially be used for Brazil's naval fuel cycle but also be universally applicable to other non-nuclear weapon states and potentially to nuclear weapon states.
- Subjects
NUCLEAR fuels; RADIOACTIVE substance safety measures; INTERNATIONAL Atomic Energy Agency; NUCLEAR propulsion; NUCLEAR nonproliferation
- Publication
Journal of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, 2014, Vol 42, Issue 3, p40
- ISSN
0893-6188
- Publication type
Article