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Joint Programme on the Technical Development and Further Improvement of IAEA Safeguards (1995)

Auteur	Bundesmin. für Forschung und Technologie, IAEA
Datum	1995
Classificatie	6.03.1.30/30 (PROLIFERATIE - NPV - CONTROLE/SAFEGUARDS)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The feasibility of the use of civil observation satellites to enhance the
International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA's) safeguards procedures has
been examined briefly, and is now being investigated further.

lt is concluded that while the spatial resolution of sensors on board civil remote
sensing satellites is relatively poor, available panchromatic images from civil
satellites can detect and identify military nuclear facilities. Thus, they can
contribute usefully to safeguards. This is particularly so when used with a
comparatively fine spectral resolution. It was found that the best resolution openly
available is such that different kinds of buildings can be detected and identified.

Initial results have shown that commercial satellite imagery can detect the following
characteristics of dedicated military nuclear facilities: (1) more than one passive
security fence; (2) active security in the form of anti-aircraft guns and missiles
and military airfields; (3) highly secured large buildings for fuel cells in which
plutonium is prepared; and (4) hardened shelters to store both nuclear and
conventional explosives.

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