https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/f3ff48c5-c766-4703-abf0-8d4da15a2c02 Created in the 1980s by the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, this rarely-seen technical film profiles the International Atomic Energy Agency and its Department of Safeguards and discusses how it is implementing a nuclear safeguard program so that nuclear materials from power plants are not used to create weapons. The idea of having periodic on-site inspectors by IAEA personnel under the "remote continual verification system" (aka RECOVER) was evaluated for a number of major nuclear fuel-cycle facility types. Those considered were light-water reactors, pressurized heavy-water power reactors (specifically, CANDU-600's), fast critical facilities (modelled after the Japanese facility, FCA), mixed-oxide fuel-fabrication plants, spent-fuel reprocessing plants, and inactive stores of plutonium or highly-enriched uranium. The purpose was not only to continually monitor safeguard devices at reactors worldwide, and to deter weaponization by any party. 00:00: Beginning of the Atomic Age and the founding of the United Nations in 1945. 0:48: The UN has aimed to control atomic power for peaceful uses since its inception. In 1954, President Eisenhower proposed the establishment of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). 1:29: The IAEA was established to develop atomic energy for the benefit of all mankind. The IAEA headquarters were located in Vienna, Austria.1:50: In 1979, the IAEA moved to its permanent location in the Vienna International Centre. The IAEA administers worldwide programs to make nuclear technology benefits available to member states. 2:23: The IAEA implements a nuclear safeguards program to ensure nuclear materials are not diverted to weapons use. The fundamental safeguards measure is a system of material accountancy in safeguarded facilities. 3:30-3:40: The flow of nuclear fuels is closely monitored and accounted for under an accounting system. 3:57: Inspectors verify the accounting during periodic on-site inspections. Secondary safeguards measures include containment and surveillance to increase inspection efficiency. 4:40: Surveillance devices monitor containment vessels, storage areas, or equipment used for material transport. The IAEA conducts R&D efforts to develop safeguards technology, supplemented by technical assistance from member states. 5:40-5:48: The US has initiated several programs to improve safeguards technology. The US program involves multiple agencies combining expertise and resources for R&D projects. 6:23-: The IAEA safeguards objective is the timely detection of diversion of significant quantities of nuclear material. 8:15: Timeliness of detection ranges from weeks to up to a year, providing time for international diplomatic action. Recover aims to provide continuous monitoring of safeguards devices from IAEA headquarters. 9:30: Recover will provide continuity of knowledge regarding the status of safeguards equipment. Each safeguard sensor contains a Recover Monitoring Unit (MU). 9:57: The monitor gathers data from the sensor and retains it in the monitor's file. Each monitor is interrogated by the on-site multiplexer at programmed intervals. Communications between monitors and the multiplexer can be conducted by various methods. The multiplexer retains status data until interrogated by IAEA headquarters. 11:00: Communications between the multiplexer and Vienna command console is via the worldwide dial-up telephone network. The Resident Verification Unit (RVU) in Vienna receives and displays incoming data. The Portable Verification Unit (PVU) is used by inspectors to install monitors and multiplexers on-site. The Recover system design uses off-the-shelf industrial-grade components. 13:30: The Recover system is developed and built by TRW under contract to ACDA.The Portable Verifier is key to the installation and maintenance of the Recover system. Local installation begins at the facility's on-site multiplexer. The Portable Verifier can review the status of all Recover monitored sensors at the facility. 17:07: The RVU command center in Vienna routinely interrogates multiplexers throughout the Recover system. When an alert is displayed, the system user logs in to examine the cause. 18:01: The system user can decide on a course of action and enter it into the system memory. Verifier functions include the capability to review multiplexer status information. 19:28: The Recover system can remotely diagnose the performance of IAEA safeguards equipment. 20:21: The Recover system began continuous monitoring of experimental installations on January 3, 1980. Data on the Recover system's performance will be collected and evaluated to enhance international nuclear safeguards. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. 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