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MAJOR PROGRAMME 4:ON-SITE INSPECTIONRussian lecturers, and 3 PTS staff members. Various approaches to developingthe curriculum of the integrated type of advanced course were tested. Someideas that could be reflected in additional contributions to the manual were presented(such as for phenomenology of nuclear explosions and for OSI personneland training). The report on the course will be used for further developmentof advanced courses.To facilitate the nomination of suitable trainees and potential inspectors byStates Signatories to the Training and Exercise Programme, the PTS prepared adocument describing a model of the status of OSI inspectors and inspectionassistants, as tasked by WGB. It takes into account arrangements implementedfor inspectors by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, theInternational Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations Special Commission.Alist of equipment for use duringOSIs must be considered and approvedat the initial session of theConference of the States Parties. Thethree core objectives for 2000 towardsthis goal were: to define a list of coreand auxiliary inspection equipment anddetailed technical requirements andspecifications for this equipment; initiatethe procurement of these equipmentitems, initially for testing and trainingpurposes; and develop and implementplans for conducting technical tests, asnecessary, for selected equipment items.EQUIPMENTAlthough equipment issues are complex, significant progress was made during2000, built on achievements of previous years. The PTS acquired itemsof equipment on the basis of the initial technical requirements adopted by thePreparatory Commission, related to four OSI technologies: passive seismicequipment, still and video photography, visual observation and position finding,and low resolution gamma search equipment. Difficulties in acquiring the highresolution gamma spectrometer tool for field or laboratory use and xenon sampling,separation and measurement equipment were encountered, since theseitems are not available off the shelf. Consequently, the PTS pursued severalstrategies to acquire these items. The assistance of States Signatories was soughtto make them available on loan or lease, or as a donation to the PTS.PROCUREMENTInitial technical and functional requirements for OSI techniques and activities(except drilling) in the period following Executive Council approval of thecontinuation of an inspection were developed for the further consideration ofWGB. This completed the drafting by the PTS of initial technical requirements,for further consideration by WGB and the Preparatory Commission, for theprincipal techniques that may be employed during an inspection (except fordrilling).SPECIFICATIONS FORCONTINUOUS PERIOD OFINSPECTION27
MAJOR PROGRAMME 4:ON-SITE INSPECTIONTESTINGAt the request of the Preparatory Commission, the PTS began to develop initialplans to conduct technical tests, as necessary, of OSI equipment that ithad obtained. On this basis the PTS commenced technical testing of the passiveSeismic Aftershock Monitoring System (SAMS) delivered to it in March 2000.The technical tests are being performed in three phases under direct PTS supervision.Phase A was undertaken at the Vienna International Centre in October,with the participation and assistance of 10 experts in field seismology and localaftershock monitoring from nine States Signatories, an observer and 5 PTS staffmembers. This also afforded an opportunity for the participants to become familiarwith the technical and system functionality of the SAMS and ensured testingtransparency as requested by the Commission. Results from these tests are beingevaluated by the PTS and will be presented in a technical report.SPECIAL ACCOUNTThe PTS proposed the establishment of a special account to facilitate the procurementof equipment, in recognition of the difficulties in completing theprocurement process within the annual budget cycle. The Preparatory Commissionapproved the proposal and an account will be established to operatefrom 2001.28
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