FUNAG publishes book on the International Atomic Energy Agency's safeguards system

The Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation has published the book O sistema de salvaguardas da Agência Internacional de Energia Atômica e os procedimentos especiais: implicações para o programa brasileiro de desenvolvimento de submarino com propulsão nuclear [The International Atomic Energy Agency's safeguards system and special procedures: implications for the Brazilian nuclear propulsion submarine development programme], by the diplomat Marcelo Böhlke.

The work, originally presented as a dissertatiom for the High Studies Course (CAE) of the Rio Branco Institute, has three main objectives: to assess the normative framework applicable to naval nuclear propulsion in non-nuclear weapon states, under the terms of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), in light of the Quadripartite Agreement involving Brazil, Argentina, the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC), and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); anticipate eventual political and legal challenges in the negotiation of a specific safeguards arrangement with IAEA; and present elements and proposals aiming at negotiating special procedures pertaining to the fueling of the Brazilian nuclear submarine Alvaro Alberto and the associated nuclear installations.

The book is available in Portuguese for free download from FUNAG’s digital library .