To make a national based historical survey of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. Experiences from the example of Sweden

This paper presents a project which was initiated by the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate (SKI) and accepted by the Agency as a support program task to increase transparency and support the implementation of the Additional Protocol in Sweden. A general model of how such a historical review of a state's non-proliferation of nuclear weapons policy have been created in order to serve as a guide for other countries strengthening of their safeguards system in the framework of the Additional Protocol. The model contains of four parts, comprising of components such as a state's profile of nuclear activities and role in the non-proliferation policy, nuclear weapons research, and how to evaluate a state's capability to produce nuclear weapons. (author)