Role of ISF website for the APSN
The Information Sharing Framework (ISF) is “a communication platform for experts to exchange nonproliferation and safeguards relevant information in a structured manner”. Use of the ISF is expected to facilitate information sharing among APSN professionals through establishing and demonstrating a mechanism for sustainable and systematic information sharing responding to their needs.
- ISF is in alignment with Working Group III’s objective of ensuring that the website is meeting APSN members’ needs.
- ISF promotes confidence building among participants, which supports APSN achieving the objective of improving capacity of safeguards implementation in the Asia-Pacific region.
- ISF can contribute to cultivating safeguards/nonproliferation culture in the Asia Pacific region through enhancing information sharing among professionals.
Information Sharing Scheme
As explained in the Transparency study of JAEA (4) on this website, the comprehensive requirements for ISF were defined. Based on the achievements, JAEA is moving to the “practical stage” of transparency implementation as the next step: develop the ISF following the defined requirements and initiate information sharing with other Track II (non-governmental, professions) experts. As shown in Fig. 1,
- 1) JAEA ISF website is open and linked to the APSN website,
- 2) JAEA initiates information sharing through the ISF website and other APSN members can browse and download the information through the APSN website,
- 3) Feedback to the ISF website is collected and will be considered for incorporation to improve the ISF website.
- 4) In the future, participants will meet annually to review information sharing and the ISF.
- Fig. 1 Information Sharing Scheme -
Once ISF demonstrates its value, this effort is expected to be expanded by inviting other APSN members as information providers in the future.
Category of Information in this website
JAEA shares these kinds of information in the ISF website:
- Good practice for safeguards
- Safeguards R&D
- Nuclear nonproliferation
- Nuclear transparency
- Energy strategy of Japan
Audience Organizations
APSN members who are interested in browsing and downloading information and are invited to use the ISF.
Your feedback is very much appreciated!
We appreciate the information on good practice for safeguards that is available on the APSN website.
[1] Y. Kawakubo et al. “Development of Information Sharing Requirements for Regional Nuclear Transparency”, Proceedings of the 54th INMM Annual Meeting, USA 2013
[2] APSN (Asia-Pacific Safeguards Network) website: http://www.apsn-safeguards.org/
