Nuclear Safeguards Accord

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons-type safeguards agreement [ NPT-type safeguards agreement ]

afford collateral security | furnish collateral security | give collateral security | offer collateral security

Agreement on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy | cooperation agreement on the peaceful use of nuclear energy

safeguard regulations

safeguard agreement

Ordinance of 23 August 1978 on the Additional Protocols to the Non-Proliferation Treaty Safeguards Agreement

A loan facility and a guarantee agreement were signed in August 2013 (EUR 300 million) with Ukraine to upgrade the safety of their nuclear power plants.

Over the years, other nuclear energy issues have grown in importance, too, notably operational safety of nuclear facilities, storage of radioactive waste, and nuclear non-proliferation (nuclear safeguards).

In the first instance, safeguarding declared nuclear activities is a responsibility of the International Atomic Energy Association, which administers safeguard agreements around the world.

The commitments in these agreements include: assurances that Canadian nuclear exports will be used only for peaceful non-explosive end uses; Canadian control over the re-transfer to a third party of any Canadian items subject to the nuclear co-operation agreement; Canadian control over the reprocessing of any Canadian spent nuclear fuel and over the storage and subsequent use of any separated plutonium; Canadian control over the high enrichment of Canadian uranium and the subsequent storage and use of the highly enriched uranium; agreement that, in the event the IAEA is unable to apply safeguards in the partner country, that Canada w ...[+++]ill be permitted to carry out bilateral safeguards; and assurances that adequate physical protection measures will be taken with respect to Canadian nuclear items so as to ensure that they will not be stolen or otherwise misused.