Establishment of the Obligated Material Management Policy

An administrative arrangement between DOE NNSA and NSSC was concluded in March 2016 on the basis of the annual report, transfer and retransfer procedures for the items subject to the agreement under the revised ROK-US nuclear agreement in November 2015. With the signing of the arrangement, the ROK became obligated to manage the items subject to the agreement, including the US nuclear material. In accordance with the amendment of the agreement ith the US and the conclusion of administrative arrangements, Korea is in a position to newly establish a management system of nuclear materials in accordance with the bilateral agreements. This is a situation that requires the introduction of new management standards, not the ones that have been managed. Korea has fully implemented the management of nuclear materials after the signing of the IAEA comprehensive safeguards agreement in 1975, and has successfully carried out annual reports under the bilateral agreements. It will be necessary to reduce the administrative burden of each nuclear facility and to manage it efficiently. In addition, based on the results of the TF, which has been promoting the improvement of the management system, it is necessary to improve the computer system that manages nuclear materials at each nuclear facility.