A review of the Protocol Reporter v.2.0

The Agreement between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (the Safeguards Agreement) entered into force on November 14th, 1975. The Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreement (the Additional Protocol) was signed on June 21st, 1999 and entered into force on February 19th, 2004. ROK has been submitting annual updated reports of initial declaration on every May 15th since August 2004. Additional protocol reports have been submitted through Protocol Reporter provided by IAEA. Protocol Reporter is a computer system that facilitates preparation of reports by Member States of Declarations pursuant to Article 2 and 3 of the Protocol Additional to Safeguards Agreements (Additional Protocol). Protocol Reporter version 1.0 was developed by the IAEA in 1999 to help Member States structure electronic data storage and reporting formats in a way which is compatible with the guidelines on the Additional Protocol and its data handling system. However, Protocol Reporter version 1.0 had several limitations in data management and Member states requested upgraded software. In order to meet the demand, IAEA developed and released Protocol Reporter version 2.0 in 2008. Member states, consequently, should declare and submit the additional reports through the new version of the protocol reporter. This paper aimed to provide a brief overview of Protocol Reporter v.2.0 and highlight the improvements over the previous version