The 3rd Annual Meeting of Asia-Pacific Safeguards Network (APSN)

In October 2012, the Asia-Pacific Safeguards Network held its third plenary meeting in Bangkok. Eleven nations and the IAEA attended the meeting. The US Department of Energy sponsored the meeting, which was hosted by the Thai Office of Atoms for Peace. A paper on the fundamentals and best practices of safeguards regulatory authorities was finished and released by APSN's working group on "safeguards infrastructure, implementation, and awareness raising" during the reporting period. By providing the perspectives on nuclear safeguards of the broad community of countries that comprise APSN, this paper will support and supplement the IAEA's advocacy for increasing the competency of safeguards regulatory agencies. This material has been added to the IAEA's website for state safeguards resources.