Verification of treaty compliance and enhancement of the verification of international treaties

Generic Safeguards Objectives

• Detect any diversion of declared nuclear material at declared facilities and locations outside facilities (LOFs).
• Detect any undeclared production or processing of nuclear material at declared facilities
  and LOFs.
• Detect any undeclared nuclear material or activities in the Stat.

All nuclear material and activities in a territory of a state has been placed under
the IAEA safeguards (Declarations are correct and complete).

Cornerstones of the IAEA Verification System

• Nuclear material accountancy and verification
• Early provision of design information
• Environmental sampling
• Satellite imagery
• Remote monitoring
• Access to nuclear sites and information
• Additional Protocol
• State level approach