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AGA: Arbeitsgruppe Physik und Abrüstung

AGA 9: Verification

AGA 9.2: Talk

Thursday, March 19, 2015, 10:30–11:00, EMH 225

Nuclear material control: current R&D projects and challenges for verification — •Steffano Vacaro — Europäische Kommission, Generaldirektion Energie, Direktion Kernmaterialüberwachung, L-2920 Luxemburg, Luxemburg

The European Commission implements Euratom Safeguards to control nuclear material in all civil nuclear facilities across the EU. The inspection regime consists of three pillars: nuclear material accountancy, conformity controls, and - in the focus of this presentation - physical verification of nuclear material. For the latter, a variety of methods is available today and can be applied by inspectors to solve most verification tasks. Continuous developments in the nuclear fuel cycle call for improved or novel methods. Changing designs of fresh fuel e.g. requires improved verification tools. The most important upcoming challenge is expected to be presented by the activities around spent fuel at the back end of the fuel cycle call intermediate stores, conditioning plants and final storages. The presentation will provide an overview of current development, recent achievements, and projects aiming to face the upcoming challenges.