Article | REF: BN3940 V2

Protection and Control of Nuclear Materials

Author: Jean JALOUNEIX

Publication date: July 10, 2017

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7. Operator obligations

The protection of nuclear materials is based on physical protection provisions and physical tracking and accounting provisions, the latter being primarily designed to detect any theft or detour of such materials as quickly as possible. A significant change in approach compared with previous regulatory requirements is the extension of the protection of nuclear materials, their installations and transport to include acts of sabotage. It should be noted that the first legislative and regulatory provisions for the protection of nuclear materials essentially concerned the risks of theft and detour.

Provisions to protect nuclear materials against the risks of theft and hijacking, and provisions to protect nuclear materials, associated nuclear facilities and transport against acts of sabotage, have obvious complementarities and synergies, leading operators to design a...

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