The safeguards reporting requirements that derive from the Euratom Treaty are detailed in Commission Regulation (Euratom) 302/2005.
The regulation sets out requirements for the provision of Basic Technical Characteristics (BTCs) and programmes of activities for installations subject to safeguards, and also for the nuclear material accountancy reports, all of which must be provided to the European Commission:
The regulation came into force in March 2005 and updates the previous regulation (No. 3227/76) on Euratom Treaty safeguards reporting requirements.
Regulation 302/2005 also includes provision for reduced safeguards reporting by organisations with smaller inventories of material. Please contact ONR Safeguards for further information on the circumstances in which such derogated reporting may apply, and how to go about making the necessary requests to the European Commission. ONR Safeguards can also advise on use of the European Commission’s ENMAS (Euratom Nuclear Materials Accounting System) software package which has been developed to assist smaller users provide accountancy reports according to the requirements of the regulation
All reporting should be transmitted to the European Commission via ONR. Formal notification of safeguards inspections is also provided to ONR and all inspection follow-up letters should be copied to ONR.
Typical Euratom safeguards inspection frequencies range from three weeks in every four at sites like Sellafield, to monthly inspections at enrichment plants, less frequent inspections at power stations and inspections only once every several years at selected locations with smaller inventories of material. More than 100 UK facilities or installations are currently subject to Euratom safeguards, with some 250 inspections carried out across these sites during 2011.