sellise olukorra tagamine, et keegi (isik või rühm isikuid) ei saaks seda varastada (röövida) ega tuumarajatistes diversioone või sabotaaže korraldada. Kasutatakse valvureid, eriseadmeid, oluline on ka rajatiste ehituslik planeering jms. Vastav konventsioon kehtestab igale tuumarajatisele oma nõuded ja tingimused.
physical protection - security measures taken to protect material from theft or other misuses
Physical protection.
1. Nuclear material transferred pursuant to this Agreement and special fissionable material used in or produced through the use of non-nuclear material, nuclear material or equipment so transferred shall be subject to adequate measures of physical protection.
2. Such physical protection measures shall be at levels which shall satisfy the criteria set out in Annex C to IAEA document INFCIRC 254/REV 1/Part 1 (Guidelines for nuclear transfers) as it may be revised and accepted by the Parties and the Member States of the Community. As a supplement to this document, the Member States of the Community, the Commission of the European Communities (as appropriate), and the United States of America will refer, when applying these measures, to the recommendations of IAEA document INFCIRC 225/REV 3 on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, as it may be revised and accepted by the Parties and the Member States of the Community.
3. International transport of nuclear material subject to this Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the International Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (INFCIRC 274/REV 1), as it may be revised and accepted by the Parties and the Member States of the Community.
