Celebrating 35 years of European Commission-IAEA cooperation on nuclear safeguards

Since 1981 the European Commission’s Joint research centre (JRC) has provided scientific and technical support to the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

An important chapter in the collaboration between the two organisations is training: high-quality training programmes are provided by the JRC for the next generation of IAEA and EURATOM Inspectors. Other examples of cooperation include special tools to improve environmental particle analysis, a 3D laser-based verification system of nuclear facilities, new nuclear reference materials, and secure sealing for underwater nuclear spent fuel assemblies.

Future cooperation between the JRC and IAEA will be in line with IAEA priorities to further increase the safeguards' effectiveness and efficiency, through a focused approach at national level.