Connector N.5

The European Safeguards Research and development Association ESARDA aims to bring together all those involved in safeguards, so that progress and continuous improvement in international safeguards can be achieved efficiently and to a professional standard. The principal issues are co-ordination of research, exchange of information and joint execution of R&D programmes. The ESARDA Connector provides general information on ESARDA and its members, working groups activities, news, upcoming events and technical articles, while peer-reviewed scientific and technical articles relating to safeguards and verification are published in the ESARDA Bulletin.

Editorial

J. Oddou

News & Events

Working Group Reports

CONTAINMENT AND SURVEILLANCE (C/S) & FINAL DISPOSAL (FD) WORKING GROUP JOINT PANEL
Katharina Aymanns, Heidi Smartt, Klaas van der Meer, Mentor Murtezi

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE WORKING GROUP
Joshua Rutkowski

EXPORT CONTROL WORKING GROUP (EXP)
Christos Charatsis

IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFEGUARDS WORKING GROUP (IS)
Walid M’Rad Dali, Marko Hämäläinen

MATERIAL BALANCE EVALUATION WORKING GROUP (MBE)
Stéphane Puydarrieux

STANDARDS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS WORKING GROUP (DA)
Stefan Neumeier, Evelyn Zuleger, Brian Ticknor

TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT WORKING GROUP (TKM)
Thomas Krieger, Riccardo Rossa

VERIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODOLOGIES WORKING GROUP (VTM)
Zoe Gastelum

Featured Articles

JOINT INMM ESARDA ANNUAL MEETING
Willem Janssens

INNOVATIONS IN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT VERIFICATION: A VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE IPNDV
Irmgard Niemeyer

Technical Articles

SAFEGUARDS BY DESIGN WHITE PAPER
Finnish & Belgian experiences on contributing to peaceful use of nuclear material during the entire facility lifecycle
Walid M’Rad Dali, Asma Bamohamed, Rony Dresselaers, Marko Hämäläinen, Elina Martikka, Ville Peri