In accordance with the Agreement on the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (hereinafter referred to as the Safeguards Agreement), the Republic of Belarus hosts the regular planned inspection

On March 19-20, 2025 the Agency’s inspectors are expected to visit the Belarusian NPP, on March 21, 2025 – the State Scientific Institution “JIPNR – Sosny”. During the inspection, it is planned to conduct a physical inventory of nuclear material and verify the maintenance of accounting records.

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The Safeguards Agreement between the Republic of Belarus and the IAEA was concluded on April 14, 1995. In Belarus, the competent authority for the State Safeguards System is the Ministry for Emergency Situations, represented by Gosatomnadzor, which is responsible, inter alia, for providing for and supporting the IAEA inspections.

IAEA Safeguards are an integral part of the international safety system and comprise a series of technical measures that are applied to nuclear facilities and nuclear material used by states.

The Agency aims to verify independent compliance with a state’s legal obligation that nuclear facilities are not misused and that nuclear material is not diversified from peaceful uses to the production of nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. States endorse the application of these measures by entering into Safeguards Agreements.