建设未来核查和平利用核材料和核技术的能力是第十三次国际保障专题讨论会的重点。专题讨论会于2018年11月5日至8日在维也纳原子能机构总部举行，来自约90个成员国、核工业和非核部门的专家约有700人参加。
“有效的保障向全世界提供核材料仍然用于和平目的和没有被转用于制造武器的保证。在专题讨论会上，我们集中精力寻求创新、加强伙伴关系和改进我们的工作，以支持我们的使命，”原子能机构负责保障司的副总干事马西莫·阿帕罗说。
讨论主题包括核保障中的创新、让青年参与和促进更广泛的性别多样性。
国际保障专题讨论会结束
建设未来核查和平利用核材料和核技术的能力是第十三次国际保障专题讨论会的重点。
利用技术进步
与会者讨论了应对新出现的保障挑战、利用技术进步促进保障实施、为新核设施和退役核设施准备保障以及展望保障执行的未来的潜在解决方案。
互动式单元会议上，来自世界各地的与会者介绍了有可能支持保障活动的各种新技术。与会者还展示了如何帮助原子能机构利用非传统保障部门的技术发展的创新想法。
在专题讨论会的闭幕全体会议上，关于“未来保障创新机制”的最后一个专家小组汇聚了非保障部门的主要思想家，讨论在他们的行业中如何培养创新，以及创新如何应用于保障。
“创新从未以这种速度出现过。我回想25年前，任何行业的变革都需要15年。但是现在，政府和公司明白了为什么创新是他们需要重点关注的事情：创新来自你不经意的地方，”专家小组成员之一迪拜未来基金会副首席执行官Abdulaziz Aljaziri说。
与会者探讨了如何在现场和原子能机构总部理顺和加强保障执行工作。专题讨论会的科学秘书Carrie Mathews说，让实践社区参与进来并加强地区网络极有可能给保障执行工作带来好处。与会者强调，改善原子能机构与外部伙伴之间的合作与协调对于应对当前的核核查挑战具有重要意义。与会者分享了他们的经验，并讨论了这一领域的能力建设工作。
阿帕罗说：“这次专题讨论会汇聚了核核查领域的世界顶尖专家，以及其他领域拥有与保障相关的有前途的技术和工艺的许多专家”。“这为未来创造了一个思想和创新思维的熔炉，而且正是这一点使专题讨论会取得了成功。”
Leveraging technological advances
Participants discussed potential solutions for addressing emerging safeguards challenges, leveraging technological advances for safeguards applications, preparing safeguards for new and decommissioned nuclear facilities and looking to the future of safeguards implementation.
Interactive sessions featured participants from around the world presenting various new technologies that have the potential to support safeguards activities. Participants also showcased innovative ideas on how to help the IAEA make use of technological developments in non-traditional safeguards sectors.
At the Closing Plenary of the Symposium, a final panel on ‘Mechanisms for Future Innovation in Safeguards’, brought together leading thinkers in non-safeguards sectors to discuss how innovation is cultivated in their industries and how this may apply to safeguards.
“Innovation has never been occurring at this speed. I think back 25 years ago; change in any industry would take 15 years. But now, governments and companies understand why innovation is something they need to focus on: it originates from places that you do not expect,” said Abdulaziz Aljaziri, Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the Dubai Future Foundation, who was one of the panellists.
Attendees explored ways to streamline and enhance the implementation of safeguards in both the field and at IAEA headquarters. Engaging communities of practice and strengthening regional networks have great potential to benefit safeguards implementation, said Carrie Mathews, Scientific Secretary of the Symposium. Improving cooperation and coordination between the IAEA and external partners was highlighted as important to address current nuclear verification challenges. Participants shared their experiences and discussed capacity-building efforts in this area.
“The Symposium brought together the world’s foremost experts in the field of nuclear verification as well as many experts from other fields with promising technology and techniques of relevance to safeguards,” Aparo said. “This created a melting pot of ideas and innovative thinking for the future, which made the Symposium a success.”