Safeguards

JAI has extensive experience in the safeguarding of strategic nuclear material from theft or diversion, and the protection of nuclear materials and facilities from sabotage.

The safeguarding of strategic nuclear materials and facilities from theft, diversion and sabotage is vital in the utilization of nuclear materials for peaceful uses and in the prevention of proliferation of nuclear weapons. Since its formation JAI has been involved in a variety of safeguards activities, including nuclear material control and accounting, physical protection, and an assortment of safeguards studies. The involvement of the firm in physical protection systems for nuclear facilities was the result of the extensive experience of JAI and its key staff members in the design and operation of complex nuclear processing facilities and their knowledge of prospective targets of sabotage within such facilities -- as well as prospective methods of clandestine removal of strategic nuclear materials from such facilities. Included in the safeguard services that JAI provides to clients are the following:

• PHYSICAL PROTECTION
• Design of physical protection systems for nuclear facilities
• Preparation of detailed security plans and procedures
• Reviews and audits of physical protection systems
• Threat and vulnerability analysis of physical protection systems
• Protection of shipments of nuclear materials
• Personnel screening
• Security equipment evaluation
• Preparation of physical protection training programs
• NUCLEAR MATERIAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING (NMC&A)
• Design of NMC&A systems
• Preparation of fundamental nuclear material control procedures
• Preparation of detailed NMC&A procedures
• Reviews and audits of NMC&A systems
• Investigations of the causes of inventory differences
• SAFEGUARDS STUDIES AND SERVICES
• Use of alternative fuel cycles for minimizing proliferation risks
• Evaluation of nuclear fuel cycle centers as a method of reducing proliferation risks
• Development of safeguards inspection techniques and procedures
• Development of methods for evaluating the effectiveness of safeguards systems
• Safeguards briefings to the press and the public