Safeguards Ordinance (SaO) (SaO)
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Art. 1 Subject matter and purpose
1 This Ordinance regulates in particular the implementation of the Agreement of 6 September 1978 between the Swiss Confederation and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concerning the application of safeguards within the scope of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Safeguards Agreement) and of the Additional Protocol of 16 June 2000 to the Safeguards Agreement. 2 Its purpose is to ensure that materials and activities subject to these agreements serve peaceful uses only.
Para. 1 — SR 0.515.031 Para. 1 — SR 0.515.031.1
Art. 2 Scope of application
1 This Ordinance applies to: a. the following materials: 1. source material in accordance with Article 1 paragraph 1 letter one of the Nuclear Energy Ordinance of 10 December 2004 (NEO) and special fissile material in accordance with Article 1 paragraph 1 letter b NEO, 2. radioactive waste that includes materials in accordance with number 1, 3. ores from which uranium or thorium are extracted; b. facilities that use or store the materials referred to in letter a: 1. research reactors and critical assemblies, 2. power reactors, 3. storage facilities, in particular interim storage facilities, 4. deep geological repositories, 5. other facilities under Article 3 letter a; c. the following facilities that do not yet or no longer use or store the materials referred to in letter a: 1. facilities in accordance with letter b that are in planning or under construction, 2. closed-down facilities in accordance with letter b; d. locations outside facilities at which materials in accordance with let
Para. 1 let. a let. 1 — SR 732.11
Art. 3 Definitions
1 In this Ordinance: a. facility means a reactor, a critical assembly, a conversion plant, a fuel element fabrication plant, a reprocessing plant, an enrichment plant, a storage facility or any other installation at which materials referred to in Article 2 paragraph 1 letter a are normally used in quantities that exceed an effective kilogram; b. location outside facilities means an installation outside facilities in which materials referred to in Article 2 paragraph 1 letter a are normally used or stored in quantities that do not exceed an effective kilogram; c. site means the area that includes the buildings and installations required for operation of a facility or of a location outside facilities; this includes closed-down facilities and closed-down locations outside facilities, provided hot cells are still installed at these locations outside facilities or activities have been carried out in connection with conversion, enrichment, fuel production or reprocessing; d. closed-down faci
Para. 1 let. i — SR 0.515.031
Art. 4 Responsibilities
1 The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) is responsible for the supervision of the safeguards (supervisory authority). 2 The SFOE shall, as required, issue the detailed requirements for implementing the safeguards in guidelines, in particular Articles 5, 6, 10, 14, 16 and 20.