Establishment of the Safeguards at Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (RRP)

The IAEA has never before been experienced with designing a credible safeguards approach for a large scale reprocessing plant. The safeguards discussion was initiated in 1988, but at that time no available model or guideline that could be used as a reference. The IAEA the State and JNFL has studied and discussed the safeguards approach and safeguards system, and established effective, efficient and credible safeguards for RRP, under extensive cooperation manner. This paper presents overview of the safeguards system at RRP from the operator's viewpoint.