Safeguards Technology Applied to Arms Control and Verification

Recent years have seen considerable technical progress in the safeguards community. Of particular note is the development of reliable nondestructive assay (NBA) and containment/surveillance of these instruments into materials control and accountability systems, and increased support to the International Atomic Energy Agency that has resulted in a considerable body of experience with the verification of safeguards systems in the international arena. It is appropriate to point out that this body of information, properly developed, constitutes a foundation for on-site verification of potential arms control agreements. (CIS) instrumentation, the integration