Planned IAEA inspections are conducted at the Belarusian NPP and at the State Scientific Institution «JIPNR – Sosny»

The Republic of Belarus is a party to the Agreement on the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which was concluded with the IAEA on April 14, 1995 (hereinafter - the Safeguards Agreement).

In compliance with the international obligations under the Safeguards Agreement, on November 20 at the Belarusian NPP and on November 21 at the State Scientific Institution «The Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research – Sosny» regular planned inspections of the IAEA are taking place, within the framework of which the inspectors of the Agency are supposed to conduct a physical inventory of nuclear material and verify the maintenance of accounting documentation.

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In the Republic of Belarus, the competent authority of the State System of Safeguards is the Ministry for Emergency Situations, represented by Gosatomnadzor, which is responsible, inter alia, for ensuring the conduct and assistance of the IAEA inspections. This status of Gosatomnadzor is determined by the Regulation on the Procedure for the Operation of the State System of Safeguards, which was approved by the Government Decision No. 668 of October 9, 2023 “On the Implementation of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of October 10, 2022, No. 208-Z “On the Regulation of Safety in the Use of Atomic Energy”.

The IAEA Safeguards are an integral part of the international safety system and consist of a set of technical measures that are applied to nuclear facilities and nuclear material used by states.

The IAEA is committed to independent verification of compliance with a state’s legal obligation that nuclear facilities are not misused and that nuclear material is not transferred from peaceful uses to the manufacturing of nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. States are agreed to apply these measures by concluding the Safeguards Agreements.