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Course Announcement For Latin America Additional Protocol Workshop - Santiago September 25-29 - SPANISH
Course Announcement For Latin America Additional Protocol Workshop - Santiago September 25-29 - SPANISH
Purpose:
Promote awareness of international nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation regimes.
Engagement Topic:
With over 190 States-Parties, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has served as the
cornerstone of the international non-proliferation regime since it entered into force in 1970. Under the NPT, non-
nuclear weapons states are required to conclude safeguards agreements with the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) to ensure that such countries are conducting nuclear activities only for peaceful purposes. This
workshop will discuss NPT obligations, as well as IAEA safeguards obligations under Comprehensive Safeguards
Agreements, Additional Protocols (AP), and Small Quantities Protocols (SQP). Information will be provided on the
set of technical measures used by the IAEA to verify that nuclear materials are being used for exclusively peaceful
purposes, as well as resources that are available to assist countries in meeting their IAEA safeguards obligations.
This course is designed for countries that have little or no nuclear material because the international non-
proliferation regime is strengthened when all countries fully participate.
Workshop Hosts:
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration International Nuclear Safeguards
Engagement Program (INSEP) engages partner countries to assist in meeting their international safeguards
obligations to the IAEA. INSEP will sponsor the costs for travel and participation in the workshop.
The Chile Nuclear Energy Commission (CCHEN) is the host in Santiago, and their organization will share their
insights from experience implementing nuclear safeguards in Chile.