PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF FACILITIES AND SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS IN FRANCE

Year
1980
Author(s)
Guy Jeanpierre - Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
Abstract
Physical protection of nuclear facilities and special nuclear materials is subject in France to a national governmental regulation which provides for the basic principles to be taken into account and the minimal level of protection deemed necessary. But the responsibility of implementation is left to the facility management and the resulting decentralization allows for maximum efficiency. All safeguards measures comply with the commitments taken at the international level by the French government.