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The Unspectacular Future of the IAEA Additional Protocol

IN THIS ISSUE: The unspectacular future of the IAEA Additional Protocol, Israeli army chief says Iran won't build bomb, nuclear communication system in cybersecurity, Pakistan test fires Hatf IV, Merkel looks to map out nuclear exit, Russian ballistic missile submarine deal.

Published on April 26, 2012
 

The Unspectacular Future of the IAEA Additional Protocol

Mark Hibbs | Carnegie Proliferation Analysis

IAEA

Next week, the parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will meet in Vienna to begin preparations for a five-year treaty Review Conference in 2015. One topic of discussion will be how best to universalize the Additional Protocol for safeguards among the treaty’s 185 non-nuclear-weapon states.

It has been fifteen years since the Additional Protocol was approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to rectify serious deficits in IAEA inspections and verification by improving the IAEA's ability to detect not only declared but also undeclared nuclear material and activities.

But NPT parties still have not reached a consensus that the protocol should be an essential component of their long-standing Comprehensive Safeguards Agreements. In 2015, they will likely remain divided.    Full Article



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