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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Infrastructure Development. Bridging the National & International Levels: The Euratom Experience and expertise. Sotiris Synetos, Euratom Safeguards. IAEA Technical Meeting on Infrastructure development. EUROPEAN COMMISSION. The Euratom Treaty. Signed at Rome in 1957

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

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  1. Infrastructure Development Bridging the National & International Levels: The Euratom Experience and expertise Sotiris Synetos, Euratom Safeguards IAEA Technical Meeting on Infrastructure development EUROPEANCOMMISSION

  2. The Euratom Treaty • Signed at Rome in 1957 • One of the founding EU treaties • Formal name is the • European Atomic Energy Community

  3. The Tasks of the Euratom Community • a. promote research ……………. • b. establish uniform safety standards to protect the health of workers and of the general public……………….; • c. facilitate investment …………………………………….. • g. ……….. the creation of a common market in specialized materials and equipment, ……………………………………….; • h. establish relations with other countries and international organizations ……………………………

  4. Euratom Safeguards • ……..the Commission shall satisfy itself that, in the territories of Member States: • a) nuclear materials are not diverted from their declared uses • b) any obligations assumed under an agreement concluded with a third State or an international organization are complied with.

  5. Milestones in Euratom Safeguards 1957 The Euratom Treaty 1959 Safeguards Office operational 1978 NPT Safeguards regime 2004 AP implementation commences 2010 Integrated safeguards in the 25 EU NNWS Worldwide standard: CSA +AP

  6. 2 25 200 1000 1500 2000000 nuclear weapons member states non-nuclear weapons member states Staff-mostly Inspectors MBAs inspections per year lines of a/c data per year Euratom safeguards in numbers

  7. The Elements of Euratom Safeguards Declaration of Facilites Declaration of Nuclear Materials Provisions relating to inspections Sanctions

  8. Euratom & IAEA – Euratom as RSAC • 1977 • entry into force of Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the IAEA INFCIRC/193 • (plus INFCIRC/263 UK, INFCIRC/290 F) • 2004 • EU Additional Protocols

  9. The benefits of RSACs • Complement to IAEA • Facilitator for IAEA • logistics, equipment, maintenance • QC of data passed to IAEA • Confidence building for its members

  10. Which expertise can Euratom offer ? • Legal and Regulatory framework • Experience with integrating new member states (with and without nuclear programs) • Experience in dealing with the IAEA requirements • Guidance for states considering a Regional Model • Robust accountancy system-IAEA compliant-reporting tools developed- from Ores to waste • Obligation accountancy- to meet bilateral agreements

  11. Which expertise can Euratom offer ? • AP implementation-appropriate reporting tools and databases developed • Equipment development– often together with the JRC and the IAEA-(big) customer perspective • Training services for inspectors: opening up of in-house or JRC training- about 40 different courses • Safeguards interfaces • nuclear security • export controls • illicit trafficking

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