1. Visualizing Safeguards Data in a Geographic Information System
2018 IAEA Safeguards Symposium
Visualizing Safeguards Data in a Geographic Information System
Justin Reed
Gary Hirsch
Zachary Pleasant
Argonne National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Farnaz Alimehri
Argonne National Laboratory
November 7, 2018
Vienna, Austria

2. Goal: Explore Value of GIS for Safeguards
IAEA developed the Geobased Data Integration (GDI) portal under MOSAIC.
ESRI ArcGIS readily available and customizable.
Exploratory research paired nuclear material accountancy specialists with GDI experts and a former safeguards analyst.
Dimensions for Organizing Safeguards Data:
State / Organization
“Who”
Nuclear Fuel Cycle
“What”
Spatial-Temporal
“Where” & “When”
Role for Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

3. Exploratory Research
Visualizing Inventory Change Reports in GIS

4. Exploratory Research
Visualizing Inventory Change Reports in GIS

5. Exploratory Research
Visualizing Inventory Change Reports in GIS

6. Exploratory Research Benefits of Using GIS for NMA Data Analysis
 Observe patterns or trends
Information/Knowledge Management
 Rapidly present data over space and time
Communication
 Make specialized data accessible to broader community of stakeholders

7. Observations for Consideration
Data Sources for GIS integration
Consider credibility, accuracy, and specificity
Verification data should be credible and accurate, and it is usually specific.
States declared information is generally credible and specific, but accuracy depends on the quality of the SSAC.
Open source information can vary greatly in credibility, accuracy, and specificity.
The Agency rigorously evaluates the credibility and accuracy of other information.
Open sources can cover a wide range of specificity.

8. Observations for consideration
Tasks and workflows supported by GIS
Single reports associated with locations are likely easier to manage than reports requiring data analysis.
For example, NMA reports need analysis of the internal data to be meaningful.
GIS holds significant potential as a training tool
Prepare inspectors for field activities
Train new State Evaluation Group members
Capture information for places under consideration for field activity
Need to continue evaluating burden of precisely geo-tagging information against the value gained.

9. Concluding Thoughts GIS – Complement to existing IAEA tools
Information management and analysis
Integrate disparate data sets through unifying geographic references
Facilitate use of all available safeguards information
Best suited for
Knowledge management for particular locations
Organizing reports and analyses deemed credible, accurate, and specific

10. Thank you