Division Purpose:

to strengthen the physical protection of nuclear facilities and of nuclear materials in nuclear applications in the selected countries,

to strengthen the control and physical protection of radioactive materials in non-nuclear applications in the selected countries,

to locate and identify radioactive sources in circumstances which indicate a need to condition the sources and bring them to a safe and secure storage in the selected countries, including repatriation to the country of origin or return to the supplier,

to strengthen technical and administrative systems implemented for accounting and control of nuclear materials, including the strengthening of existing SSACs, established for the implementation of safeguards agreements and Additional Protocols, including in States with limited nuclear programmes, and reduced reporting obligations according to so called ‘small quantities protocols’ to their safeguards agreements,

to strengthen national registries of radioactive substances, materials and sources in the selected countries,