25th Permanent Coordinating Group Meeting between the ABACC and the United States Department of Energy – DoE

On December 6, 2023, the 25th Meeting of the Permanent Coordination Group (PCG) ABACC-DoE (virtual) was held, with the aim of reviewing the state of technical cooperation between the two institutions, as well as identifying future areas of cooperation.

The importance of collaboration between ABACC and DoE was highlighted, which began in 1994, with the signing of the “Agreement between the Department of Energy of the United States of North America and ABACC”, regarding to research and development in verification, accounting and control of nuclear materials, as well as in advanced containment and surveillance technologies for application in international safeguards areas. The progress of ongoing collaboration actions was discussed, highlighting the intercomparison exercises of the ABACC laboratory network in the area of destructive analyzes of samples of nuclear material that are collected at the facilities during inspections.