International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards system

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non-proliferation mechanism nuclear safeguards system verification regime

The International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards system is a global verification regime that uses inspections, monitoring, and accounting measures to ensure that states’ nuclear materials and activities are not diverted to nuclear weapons or other military purposes.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
IAEA safeguards	1
IAEA safeguards system	1
International Atomic Energy Agency inspections	1
Iran nuclear program verification	1
Iran-IAEA safeguards agreement	1
Iran–IAEA safeguards agreement	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	non-proliferation mechanism ⓘ nuclear safeguards system ⓘ verification regime ⓘ
administeredBy	International Atomic Energy Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsAt	confidence-building among states ⓘ nuclear non-proliferation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	IAEA safeguards NERFINISHED ⓘ IAEA safeguards system NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	nuclear facilities ⓘ nuclear material ⓘ nuclear-related activities ⓘ
contributesTo	implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons ⓘ international peace and security ⓘ
covers	non-NPT states under item-specific agreements ⓘ non-nuclear-weapon states parties to the NPT ⓘ nuclear-weapon states under voluntary offer agreements ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	nuclear export control regimes ⓘ nuclear security measures ⓘ
evolvedFrom	early IAEA safeguards in the 1960s ⓘ
implementedBy	IAEA Department of Safeguards NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementedThrough	safeguards agreements between states and the IAEA ⓘ
legalBasis	INFCIRC/153 (Corrected) NERFINISHED ⓘ INFCIRC/540 NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons NERFINISHED ⓘ additional protocols to safeguards agreements ⓘ comprehensive safeguards agreements ⓘ item-specific safeguards agreements ⓘ voluntary offer safeguards agreements ⓘ
monitors	declared nuclear material inventories ⓘ flows of nuclear material ⓘ operation of safeguarded facilities ⓘ
partOf	international nuclear non-proliferation regime ⓘ
provides	assurance about the absence of diversion of declared nuclear material ⓘ assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities where broader conclusion is drawn ⓘ safeguards conclusions to the IAEA Board of Governors ⓘ
purpose	to detect undeclared nuclear material and activities ⓘ to provide assurance that declared nuclear material remains in peaceful activities ⓘ to verify that states do not divert nuclear material from peaceful uses to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices ⓘ
reliesOn	cooperation of states with IAEA inspectors ⓘ state declarations of nuclear material and activities ⓘ
requires	state systems of accounting for and control of nuclear material ⓘ
strengthenedAfter	discovery of Iraq’s clandestine nuclear program in the early 1990s ⓘ
strengthenedBy	adoption of the Model Additional Protocol (INFCIRC/540) ⓘ
usesMethod	containment and surveillance ⓘ data analysis and evaluation ⓘ design information verification ⓘ environmental sampling ⓘ nuclear material accountancy ⓘ on-site inspections ⓘ remote monitoring ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone norms → monitoredBy → International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards system ⓘ

Yukiya Amano → workedOn → International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iran nuclear program verification

Article III → cooperatesWith → International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards system ⓘ

subject surface form: Article III of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

this entity surface form: IAEA safeguards system

Treaty of Tlatelolco → verificationMechanism → International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards system ⓘ

this entity surface form: IAEA safeguards

Arak heavy water reactor → governedBy → International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iran-IAEA safeguards agreement

Fordow enrichment facility → subjectOf → International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards system ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Atomic Energy Agency inspections

Fordow enrichment facility → underSafeguardsAgreement → International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iran–IAEA safeguards agreement