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Annual Report 2011-2012

Letter of transmittal

24 September 2012

Senator the Hon Bob Carr
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600

 

Dear Minister

I submit the Annual Report on the operations of the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office (ASNO) for the financial year ended 30 June 2011. This report is made in accordance with section 51 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987, section 96 of the Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994 and section 71 of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998.

During the reporting period all relevant statutory and treaty requirements were met, and ASNO found no unauthorised access to, or use of, nuclear materials or nuclear items of safeguards or security significance in Australia. All requirements were met under Australia’s safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency and under the Chemical Weapons Convention, and further progress was made with activities in anticipation of the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. All Australian Obligated Nuclear Material was satisfactorily accounted for.

As outlined in this Report, ASNO continued its major contribution to advancing Australia’s interests in effective measures against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction through our activities at the domestic, regional and international levels, and through working closely with colleagues in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra and Australia’s diplomatic missions, and in other departments and agencies.

Yours sincerely

Dr Robert Floyd
Director General

Full publication

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  • Annual Report 2011-2012 [PDF 4.8MB]

Table of contents

• Guide to the report
• User guide (website help and information)
• List of Figures
• List of Tables

Director General’s Report

• The Year in Review
  • The International Non-Proliferation Environment
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Safeguards Developments
  • Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Developments
  • Chemical Weapons Convention Developments
  • Other Non-Proliferation Developments
• The Year Ahead

Current Topics

• The Safeguards Act – Serving Australia's Interests
• Australian Support to the International Atomic Energy Agency's Network of Analytical Laboratories
• Facing the Proliferation Challenges of Unconventional Sources of Uranium
• National Data Centres and National Approaches to Verification under the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
• The Aftermath of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Accident – One Year Later
• Seoul Nuclear Security Summit
• Australia Supports Efforts to Strengthen the Chemical Weapons Ban: Challenge Inspections as a Means to Deter Non-Compliance
• Celebrating 15 years of the Chemical Weapons Convention
• Australia's Uranium Production and Exports

Overview of ASNO

• Goal
• Functions
  • Nuclear Safeguards Functions
  • Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Functions
  • Chemical Weapons Convention Functions
  • Other Functions
  • Operating Environment
  • Outcomes and Outputs Structure

Performance

• Output 1.1: National Safeguards System
• Output 1.2: Physical Protection
• Output 1.3: Bilateral Safeguards
• Output 1.4: International Safeguards and Non-Proliferation
• Output 1.5: CWC Implementation
• Output 1.6: CTBT Implementation
• Output 1.7: Other Non-Proliferation Regimes
• Output 1.8: Advice to Government
• Output 2.1: Public Information

Management and Accountability

• Corporate Governance
  • Portfolio Minister
  • Director General ASNO
  • Assistant Secretary ASNO
  • ASNO Staff
  • Training and Development
• Financial Management
  • Administrative Budget
  • Uranium Producers Charge
  • Australian Safeguards Support Program

Appendices

• Appendix A World Nuclear Energy, December 2011
• Appendix B Australia's Bilateral Nuclear Cooperation Agreements
• Appendix C Status of Additional Protocols
• Appendix D IAEA Statements of Conclusions for Australia 2011
• Appendix E IAEA Safeguards Statement for 2011
• Appendix F Status of CTBT IMS Facilities in Australia
• Appendix G Information Publication Scheme Statement
• List of Requirements
• Glossary

Copyright Notice

Produced by: Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office (ASNO)
Contact officer: Director General ASNO
Location: RG Casey Building, John McEwen Crescent BARTON ACT 0221, Australia
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Cover:

Left: The OPAL reactor at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) (Photo: ANSTO)
Centre: IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA)
Right: The Large-Geometry Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (LG-SIMS) at the University of Western Australia (Photo: University of Western Australia)

ISSN 1442 7699
ISBN 978–1–74322–063–4

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