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The Legal and Regulatory Context for MPC&A
Pages 19-22

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... To meet their responsibilities under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) , for example, nuclear-weapon States must maintain an accurate accounting of their nuclear materials.
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... "Classified Information" includes both "National Security Information" governed by Executive Order 12598 as amended by Executive Order 13292, and "Restricted Data" as defined by the Atomic Energy Act, section 142. "Safeguards Information" is governed by the Atomic Energy Act, section 147.
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... These include restrictions of the rights of persons who work at or visit nuclear sites, checks to ensure that trusted persons are reliable and do not have physical problems relevant to security issues, and the responsibility of individuals and institutions to uphold Russian law governing the use of atomic energy. The objectives of physical security at nuclear facilities include preventing unauthorized access to nuclear sites, nuclear materials, or radioactive sources; detecting and preventing attempted acts of terrorism and sabotage; detecting theft of nuclear materials or radioactive sources; and applying physical protection to the transport of nuclear materials and at all stages of the design, construction, use, and decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
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... He concluded that the international community should develop statistical tools for jointly analyzing and assessing the threats of attacks against nuclear facilities.
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Key Terms

  • physical protection
  • nuclear facilities
  • material accounting
  • nuclear materials
  • nuclear terrorism

  • terrorist attacks
  • effective regulatory
  • radioactive sources
  • russian federation
  • atomic energy

  • nuclear activity
  • nuclear weapon


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