Annual Report 2010-2011

Letter of transmittal

11 October 2011

The Hon Kevin Rudd MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600

Dear Minister

I submit the Annual Report on the operations of the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office (ASNO) for the financial year ended 30 June 2011. This report is made in accordance with section 51 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987, section 96 of the Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994 and section 71 of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Act 1998.

During the reporting period all relevant statutory and treaty requirements were met, and ASNO found no unauthorised access to, or use of, nuclear materials or nuclear items of safeguards or security significance in Australia. All requirements were met under Australia’s safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency and under the Chemical Weapons Convention, and further progress was made with activities in anticipation of the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. All Australian Obligated Nuclear Material was satisfactorily accounted for.

As outlined in this Report, ASNO continued its major contribution to advancing Australia’s interests in effective measures against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction through our activities at the domestic, regional and international levels, and through working closely with colleagues in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra and Australia’s diplomatic missions, and in other departments and agencies.

Yours sincerely

Dr Robert Floyd
Director General

Letter of transmittal [PDF 94KB]

Full publication

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  • Annual Report 2010-2011 [PDF 6.6MB]
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  • Preliminary pages [PDF 361KB]
  • Director General’s Report [PDF 2.6MB]
  • Current Topics [PDF 2.0MB]
  • Overview of ASNO [PDF 2.0MB]
  • Performance [PDF 2.18MB]
  • Management and Accountability [PDF 1.9MB]
  • Appendices [PDF 1.64MB]

Table of contents

• Readers guide
• List of figures
• List of tables

Director General’s Report

• The Year in Review
  • Nuclear Non-proliferation and Safeguards Developments
  • Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Developments
  • Chemical Weapons Convention Developments
  • Other Non-Proliferation Developments
• The Year Ahead

Current Topics

• Changes to the IAEA’s Safeguards System – The State-Level Concept
• Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Accident
• Building Momentum for a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty
• Nuclear Security Summit: Towards Seoul 2012 and Beyond
• International Atomic Energy Agency Fuel Bank
• Destruction of Old Chemical Weapons at Columboola
• Approaching the Final Destruction Deadline for Chemical Weapon Stockpiles
• Australia’s Uranium Production and Exports

Overview of ASNO

• Goal
• Functions
  • Nuclear Safeguards Functions
  • Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Functions
  • Chemical Weapons Convention Functions
  • Other Functions
  • Operating Environment
  • Outcomes and Outputs Structure

Performance

• Output 1.1: National Safeguards System
• Performance Measures
• Performance Assessment
   
• Output 1.2: Physical Protection
• Performance Measures
• Performance Assessment
   
• Output 1.3: Bilateral Safeguards
• Performance Measures
• Performance Assessment
   
• Output 1.4: International Safeguards and Non-Proliferation
• Performance Measures
• Performance Assessment
   
• Output 1.5: CWC Implementation
• Performance Measures
• Performance Assessment
   
• Output 1.6: CTBT Implementation
• Performance Measures
• Performance Assessment
   
• Output 1.7: Other Non-Proliferation Regimes
• Performance Measures
• Performance Assessment
   
• Output 1.8: Advice to Government
• Performance Measures
• Performance Assessment
   
• Output 2.1: Public Information
• Performance Measures
• Performance Assessment
  

Management and Accountability

• Corporate Governance
  • Portfolio Minister
  • Director General ASNO
  • Assistant Secretary ASNO
  • ASNO Staff
  • ASNO Administrative Review
  • Training and Development

Financial Management

• Administrative Budget
• Uranium Producers Charge
• Australian Safeguards Support Program
• Environmental Management System (EMS)

Appendices

• Appendix A World Nuclear Energy, June 2011
• Appendix B Australia’s Bilateral Safeguards Agreements
• Appendix C Status of Additional Protocols
• Appendix D IAEA Statements of Conclusions for Australia 2010
• Appendix E IAEA Safeguards Statement for 2010
• Appendix F Status of CTBT IMS Facilities in Australia
• Appendix G Freedom of Information Statement

List of Requirements

Glossary

 

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Contact us

Produced by: Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office (ASNO)

Contact officer: Director General ASNO

Location: RG Casey Building, John McEwen Crescent
BARTON ACT 0221, Australia

Telephone: +61 (2) 6261 1920
Facsimile: +61 (2) 6261 1908
Media enquiries: +61 (2) 6261 1555

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Annual Report: http://www.dfat.gov.au/asno/annual_reports.html

ISSN 1442 7699
ISBN 978–1–74322–008–5