Article 1
United Kingdom
For the purpose of ensuring the continuous and practical implementation of certain elements of the Strategy, the Union shall support the activities of the Preparatory Commission for the CTBTO in order to further the following objectives:
strengthen the capabilities of the CTBT monitoring and verification system, including in the field of radionuclide detection;
strengthen the capabilities of the States Signatories of the CTBT to fulfil their verification responsibilities under the CTBT and to enable them to benefit fully from participation in the CTBT regime.
The projects to be financed by the Union shall support:
certified auxiliary seismic (AS) stations that are part of the CTBTO International Monitoring System (IMS);
the development of noble gas sampling systems through study of materials for improved adsorption of xenon;
continuing the radio-xenon background measurement campaigns in different regions of the world;
the Ensemble Prediction System to quantify uncertainties and confidence level in Atmospheric Transport Modelling (ATM) simulations;
the scientific evaluation of the increase in resolution for ATM tools;
the development of new software;
enhancing the on-site inspection noble gas processing and detection;
enhancing the automatic processing and integration capabilities in seismic, hydro-acoustic and infrasound National Data Centre-in-a-Box;
integrated outreach and capacity-building targeting State Signatories and Non-Signatories.
In the implementation of the projects, providing support to the activities referred to in this paragraph, Union visibility will be ensured as well as the proper programme management in the execution of this Decision.
These projects shall be carried out for the benefit of all States Signatories of the CTBT.
All project components shall be flanked by proactive and innovative public outreach activities, and resources be allocated accordingly.
A detailed description of the projects is set out in the Annex.