Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency Concerning the Application of Safeguards in the United States of America (short title “U.S. Additional Protocol”)

Zusammenfassung

On May 9, 2002, the President transmitted the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the Application of Safeguards in the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as the U.S. Additional Protocol), signed by the United States in 1998, to the Senate for its advice and consent to ratification. The requirements of the U.S. Additional Protocol would supplement the existing Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the United States (U.S.-IAEA Safeguards Agreement) by expanding the declaration, reporting and on-site access requirements of the U.S.-IAEA Safeguards Agreement to capture elements of the domestic nuclear fuel-cycle additional to those covered by the present U.S.-IAEA Safeguards Agreement. These elements include mining and milling of nuclear materials, nuclear-related equipment manufacturing, nuclear-related imports and exports, nuclear fuel cycle research and development not involving nuclear material, and forms of nuclear material not currently subject to the U.S.-IAEA Safeguards Agreement. The Department