IAEA Booklet Details Importance, Fundamentals of Nuclear Safeguards System
September 12, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
The illustrated booklet addresses the system's implementation, costs, requirements, resources and historical development, with an emphasis on trends and strengthening measures over the past 10-15 years.
"IAEA safeguards are a central element of the nuclear non-proliferation regime," said IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei in the foreword. "This, in turn, is an essential component of the international security system."
He emphasizes, among other things, that the IAEA and its member states are working together "to ensure that the safeguards system is continuously appraised and updated as necessary."
IAEA Safeguards: Staying Ahead of the Game is available at http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Booklets/Safeguards3/safeguards0707.pdf
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).