Internal Meetings

Internal Meetings are organised every two years. They generally last a week and include regular meetings of the ESARDA Working Groups and plenary sessions where specific subjects of common interest to all members are presented and discussed. They are internal, i.e. their attendance is restricted to the ESARDA Members. However, during the last few meetings the plenary sessions took the shape of fully-fledged Seminars or Workshops, and many external people were invited to attend them. This trend will be further encouraged.

Topical Meetings

When appropriate, ESARDA organises - by itself, or in collaboration with other Organisations - specialised meetings on topics important in safeguards. Often, these meetings were organised in connection with the Internal Meeting of the Association.
Topical meetings - which take the form of Seminars or Workshops - may convene between 30 and 120 people, according to the subject treated. They generally last 3-4 days. Several working formulas have been used, such as: i) presentations and discussions in plenary sessions only, ii) presentations and discussions in separate Working Groups, iii) mixture of the above.

Every two years, ESARDA organises a "Symposium on Safeguards and Nuclear Material Management".

Between 150 and 250 specialists in the Safeguards field from all over the world convene to see the presentation of about 100-150 papers on various subjects related to safeguards.
The subjects dealt with include: Techniques (such as Destructive Assay, Non-destructive Assay, Containment, Surveillance, Data and Information Treatment, Accountancy, etc.), Experience with Safeguards Implementation (in Facilities and at State, Regional System and International levels), Safeguards and Verification Concepts, Legal and Political Issues related to Verification, Synergies with other Verification Regimes.