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Acronyms Used on this Site

BOG – Board of Governors
C/S – Containment and Surveillance
CSA – Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement
DDG – Deputy Director General
DG – Director General
DPRK/NK – Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea
EMIS – Electromagnetic Isotope Separation
ES – Environmental Samples
FFCD – Full, Final and Complete Disclosure
GC – General Conference
HEU – High Enriched Uranium ICR – Inventory Change Reports
MOX – Mixed Oxide
NM – Nuclear Material(s)
NNWS – Non-Nuclear Weapons State
NPT – Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons
NWS – Nuclear Weapons State
OMV – Ongoing Monitoring and Verification
SA – South Africa
SAGSI – Standing Advisory Group on Safeguards Implementation
SQP – Small Quantities Protocol

Foundations of International Safeguards

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National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

With Support from:

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)