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Physical Protection definition

What does Physical Protection mean? Physical protection describes, in practice, the people, procedures and engineered barriers used to prevent unauthorised access to, removal of, or sabotage involving nuclear material and nuclear facilities, whether on a licensed site or in transport. The expression is used across nuclear security law and international instruments (including the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and its Amendment) rather than having a single statutory definition; UK legislation refers to physical protection systems and nuclear security plans. Across the UK (England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), dutyholders such as nuclear site licensees and transporters must implement a graded, risk‑based regime...

CPPNM and 2005 Amendment: scope, transport and storage protections, offences, fundamental principles, and state obligations for nuclear materials and facilities

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Practice notes

Parties: 165 (as of October 2025)
Revisions: 2005 Amendment (entered into force 8 May 2016)
Location: Vienna, Austria
Adopted: 26 October 1979
Came into force: 8 February 1987
Subject: nuclear safety and transport

What is the purpose of the CPPNM?

The CPPNM seeks to safeguard the storage and movement of nuclear material. It sets out measures to prevent, detect, and penalise offences involving such material. It is the sole internationally binding commitment on the physical protection of nuclear material intended for peaceful use.

What nuclear material is covered under the CPPNM?

The CPPNM applies to nuclear material:

used for peaceful purposes while in international nuclear transport; and
to a limited extent (excluding arts 3 and 4) to domestic use, storage, and carriage of nuclear material for peaceful purposes

The term ‘nuclear material’ is set out in full in Article 1(a) of the CPPNM; in essence, this encompasses plutonium and uranium...

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