Proceedings. 25. Annual Meeting. Symposium on Safeguards and Nuclear Materials Management

This was an open symposium with some 194 participants including the two safeguards organisations, the IAEA and Euratom. 22 oral sessions took place over three days in which 98 papers were presented and 27 posters were on display and attracted much attention. Brief summaries are given from the ESARDA symposium sessions: Plenary Session, Safeguards Systems - Past, Present and Future, NDA - Monte Carlo Calculations, National and Regional Systems, NDA - Advances in Gamma Spectrometry, Modelling and Data Treatment, Aspects of Non-Proliferation, NDA - Quantitative Measurements, Destructive Analysis, Combating Illicit Trafficking, Containment and Surveillance, Waste Assay, Developments in Verification regimes, Satellite Imagery Applications, Safeguards at LEU fuel Fabrication Plants, Measurement Techniques for Spent Fuel, Additional Protocol - Methodology, Additional Protocol -Implementation, Safeguards at MOX Fuel Fabrication Plants