Quality Assurance Procedures for the IAEA Department of Safeguards Twin Minolta Camera Surveillance System

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards program provides assurance to the international community that nations are complying with nuclear safeguards treaties. In one aspect of the program, the Department of Safeguards has developed a twin Minolta camera photo surveillance systems program to assure itself and the international community that material handling is accomplished according to safeguards treaty regulations. The camera systems are positioned in strategic locations in facilities such that objective evidence can be obtained for material transactions. The films are then processed, reviewed, and used to substantiate the conclusions that nuclear material has not been diverted. Procedures have been developed to document and aid in: 1) the performance of activities involved in positioning of the camera system; 2) installation of the systems; 3) review and use of the film taken from the cameras. Three procedures were drafted to describe these technical activities. Two other administrative procedures were also drafted. A document control procedure that describes responsibilities for preparation and use of procedures and forms was drafted as was as audit procedure that describes methods for independent verification that procedures are in place and working.