National System of Safeguards in Japan

I. I am often confused with the terms identifying the national system in the field of safeguards. Some believe that a \"State's system of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Mate- rials(SSAC)\" is the system to facilitate the International Ato- mic Agency to implement its safeguards and that it handles only material accountancy and does not cover the field of physical protection. Some assume that the term safeguards should be used only for international organizations which are responsible for detecting and preventing national diversion, and, cons eque t- ly, the term \"safeguards\" should not be used for a state's sys- tem. In the United States traditionally the term \"national safe guards system\" has been used and recently the term \"national sys- tem of safeguards and security\" is also used. Here, I should like to talk on Japan's System of Safe- guards, which was set up long before people started to talk about the so-called SSAC. Japan's system of safeguards during the past 2O years has gradually incorporated international requirements. In contrast the U.S. system of safeguards and security, although technically well advanced, has remained essentially domestic and has had little experience in accepting international safe- guards. The IAEA has performed experimental safeguards i n s p e c-- tions at selected government and private facilities in the U.S.; When the U.S. voluntary offer placing all peaceful nuclear facili- ties under IAEA safeguards goes into effect, IAEA inspectors will be conducted routinely in the U.S.I. I am often confused with the terms identifying the national system in the field of safeguards. Some believe that a \"State's system of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Mate- rials(SSAC)\" is the system to facilitate the International Ato- mic Agency to implement its safeguards and that it handles only material accountancy and does not cover the field of physical protection. Some assume that the term safeguards should be used only for international organizations which are responsible for detecting and preventing national diversion, and, cons eque t- ly, the term \"safeguards\" should not be used for a state's sys- tem. In the United States traditionally the term \"national safe guards system\" has been used and recently the term \"national sys- tem of safeguards and security\" is also used. Here, I should like to talk on Japan's System of Safe- guards, which was set up long before people started to talk about the so-called SSAC. Japan's system of safeguards during the past 2O years has gradually incorporated international requirements. In contrast the U.S. system of safeguards and security, although technically well advanced, has remained essentially domestic and has had little experience in accepting international safe- guards. The IAEA has performed experimental safeguards i n s p e c-- tions at selected government and private facilities in the U.S.; When the U.S. voluntary offer placing all peaceful nuclear facili- ties under IAEA safeguards goes into effect, IAEA inspectors will be conducted routinely in the U.S.I. I am often confused with the terms identifying the national system in the field of safeguards. Some believe that a \"State's system of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Mate- rials(SSAC)\" is the system to facilitate the International Ato- mic Agency to implement its safeguards and that it handles only material accountancy and does not cover the field of physical protection. Some assume that the term safeguards should be used only for international organizations which are responsible for detecting and preventing national diversion, and, cons eque t- ly, the term \"safeguards\" should not be used for a state's sys- tem. In the United States traditionally the term \"national safe guards system\" has been used and recently the term \"national sys- tem of safeguards and security\" is also used. Here, I should like to talk on Japan's System of Safe- guards, which was set up long before people started to talk about the so-called SSAC. Japan's system of safeguards during the past 2O years has gradually incorporated international requirements. In contrast the U.S. system of safeguards and security, although technically well advanced, has remained essentially domestic and has had little experience in accepting international safe- guards. The IAEA has performed experimental safeguards i n s p e c-- tions at selected government and private facilities in the U.S.; When the U.S. voluntary offer placing all peaceful nuclear facili- ties under IAEA safeguards goes into effect, IAEA inspectors will be conducted routinely in the U.S.