International Safeguards and Satellite Imagery - Key Features of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Computer-Based Analysis

Preface

Contents

Non-proliferation and International Nuclear Material Safeguards

Satellite Capabilities and Orbits

Perspectives of Satellite Imagery Analysis for Verifying the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty

A Key for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Key Features of Nuclear Power Reactors

Key Features of Nuclear Research Reactors

Application of the ‘Key‘ to High Resolution Satellite Images

Key Features of Enrichment & Reprocessing Plants

Computer-based Image Analysis

Object-based Image Analysis

Nuclear Power Reactors

Nuclear Research Reactors

Image Data and Safeguards

Detection of Changes in Images

Concluding Remarks

Index