Volume 24
MOSAIC has provided
a suite
of
June 2018
Edition
modern software applications,
streamlining and integrating
the processes of planning, per-
forming activities, and report-
ing.
These applications also facilitate
the collection and analysis of Safe-
guards-relevant information.
(The IAEA has completed MOSAIC, a three-year project to modernize Safeguards
information technology system to Strengthen Nuclear Safeguards Worldwide. The
project developed more than 20 unique software applications to make Safeguards
more effective, efficient and secure.)
For example, in the past the IAEA col-
lected tens of thousands of pieces of
open source information per year.
Thanks to MOSAIC software, that fig-
ure is now 140 million.
States with Safeguards agree-
ments are required to declare their nuclear
“We are making more use of satellite imagery, en-
facilities and material to the IAEA.
hanced data collection and remote monitoring tech-
said at the presentation.
niques. We also continue to strengthen information The number of nuclear facilities and materials sub-
collection and analysis.”
ject to verification under IAEA safeguards continues
“MOSAIC will ensure that the Safeguards
IT system supports all implementation pro-
cesses well into the future, allowing better
planning, conducting, reporting, and quality
assessment of Safeguards activities,” added
Director General Amano.
The upgrades come as demand for IAEA
Safeguards work continues to climb
worldwide. Between 2010 and 2017,
the amount of nuclear material under
IAEA Safeguards increased by over 20
per cent.
In 2017, Safeguards staff operated in 182
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, delivering opening remarks at the Re-
States, compared with 176 States in 2010, view Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Manage-
and conducted more than 2000 inspec- ment and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management held at the IAEA
headquarters in Vienna, Austria 21 May 2018 (Courtesy of IAEA)
tions.
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