see Protocol Additional to Safeguards Agreements.

Design information on nuclear installations as provided for Euratom Safeguards. The BTCs include a description of the installation, the form, quantity, location and flow of nuclear material being used [..]

A portion of nuclear material handled as a unit for accounting purposes at a key measurement point and for which the composition and quantity are defined by a single set of specifications or measureme [..]

A record of all the nuclear material held at a site and its location on the site. The book inventory consists of the results of the most recent physical inventory and of all the inventory changes that [..]

Regulation 302/05 provides the current legal framework for the application of safeguards under the EURATOM Treaty. Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 302/05

Agreements made with the IAEA by non-nuclear weapon States (NNWS) to enable the application of safeguards on all source and special fissionable material in all peaceful nuclear activities, as required [..]

Containment involves the use of seals to provide assurance of the physical integrity of an area or item in order to prevent undetected access to or movement of nuclear material or safeguards-relevant [..]

Uranium containing less than the natural abundance of the isotope uranium-235. (Natural uranium contains about 0.7% U-235.)

The analysis of nuclear materials using methods, which involve the destruction of a sample, e.g. chemical analysis or mass spectrometry.

A special unit used in the safeguarding of nuclear material, reflecting its strategic value. A quantity in effective kilograms is obtained by taking: for plutonium, its weight in kilograms; for uraniu [..]