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AGA: Arbeitsgruppe Physik und Abrüstung

AGA 3: North Korea: Denuclearization

AGA 3.3: Invited Talk

Thursday, September 30, 2021, 15:15–16:00, H8

One Size does not Fit All: Greatly Different Mandates for Denuclearizing Nuclear States — •Robert Kelley — Vienna

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has dealt with nuclear materials verification inspections in many states. In only a few cases has the IAEA actually had to deal with extensive programs, nuclear weapons components, and very sensitive nuclear weapon design information. In three significant cases, Iraq (1991-2003), Libya (2004) and South Africa (1993) there were very sensitive nuclear investigations required. All three had widely varying mandates, discoveries and constraints. Future investigations of actual weaponization activities can learn many lessons from these cases. A third, denuclearization active, Project Sapphire in Kazakhstan provided yet another model for extracting dangerous weaponization materials. Hopefully these cases will be studied in preparations for another denuclearization campaign, possibly in the DPRK.