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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels-1stOctober1981
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEUNITEDSTATESDEPARTMENT OFENERGYANDTHE
COMMISSION ONBEHALFOFTHEEUROPEAN ATOMICENERGYCOMMUNITY ON
COOPERATION INTHEFIELDOFNUCLEARMATERIALS SAFEGUARDS RESEARCH
ANDDEVELOPMENT
(Communication fromtheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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Communication totheCouncil concerning anAgreement between
the United States Department -ofEnergy and the Commission on
behalf oftheEuropean Atomic Energy Community onCooperation
intheField ofNuclear Materials Safeguards Research and
Development .
1.The increasing spread ofnuclear materials incirculation and use has
become amatter ofworldwide concern for ,both policy makers and public
opinion and highlights the importance ofsafeguards systems that are
internationally recognised asbeing effectively installed and implemented .
The Community has been operating its own safeguards system forover
twenty years and this hasbeen supported technically byresearch work
undertaken attheJoint Research Centre aimed atnot only improving
the safeguards applied but also adapting constantly the relevant
techniques forchanging requirements inthis field .Inthis connection ,
theCommission c6ncluded with the International Atomic Energy Agency on
7May ,1981 anAgreement oncooperation inthefield ofresearch
anddevelopment ofsafeguards .(1).
2.Atmeetings oftheAdvisory Committee ohProgramme Management "Fissile
Materials Control "in1978 ,1979 and 1980 ,theJoint Research Centre informed ,
theACPM ofthe development ofits technical contacts through itsprogramme
"Fissile Materials Control "with anumber ofLaboratories oftheUnited
States Department ofEnergy (USDOE )working inthe field ofSafeguards R&D .
3This type ofcooperation wasdiscussed inparticular during theACPM
meeting on14-15 November ,1978 inrelation tothe R&D activities and
cooperation with the SANDIA Laboratories onthe ultrasonic identification
techniques ofseals .The general opinion oftheACPM was that such v
cooperation was desirable ,but that considerable care had tobetaken
ontheprinciple ofreciprocity andbalanced cooperation ..Furthermore ,
theA£PM considered that theemphasis should beplaced onthe international
recognition ofthesubjects tobeincluded inthecooperation .
4.Amore .detailed presentation ofthe contacts with these laboratories was
made during theACPM meeting of11-12 October ,1979 :onthat occasion
theACPM expressed ageneral agreement ontheway these contacts were
developing .
5.Following itsmeeting on27-28 January ,1981 ,theACPM issued a
favourable qpinion onthe formalisation ofthese contacts inan
Agreement with the USDOE (2).TheACPM noted inparticular that :
asound technical basis existed for the conclusion ofacollaboration
agreement ;that the agreement would regulate exchanges ofinformation
and theprotection ofpatents with the USlaboratories and the USDOE ,
and that the cooperation envisaged would bewithin theexisting budget ,
andwould not result inareduction oftheJRC cooperation with the
Community noradversely affect the interest ofMember States inthe
areas ofwork involved .
(1)Council document 4953/81 (ATO17)of3February ,1981
(2)council document 7967/81 (ATO54)of3July ,1981

2.
6.Inview ofthe further development ofthe Commission contacts ,
and taking into account the views expressed bytheACPM ,in
particular its earlier recommendation or^the need for balance
inthe exchange ofknowledge between the Commission and the
USDOE ,the Atomic Questions Group ofthe Council was informed
on12May ,1981 ofprogress •inits discussions for such anagreement
with the USDOE (1).
7.The Commission now informs the Council ofits intention toconclude
anagreement with the USDOE inconformity with the procedure
envisaged byArticle 101.(3 .)oftheEURATOM Treaty .The draft
Agreement and annexes are attached tothis Communication .
(1)Council document 7019 /81 (ATO 45)of15May ,1981 .

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Agreement Between the
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OFENERGY
and the "
EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY
Represented bythe '-
COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
inthe field of
NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFEGUARDS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
TheUnited States Department ofEnergy (DOE )and theEuropean
Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM )represented bytheCommission
oftheEuropean Communities (CEC),hereinafter called theParties :
sharing adesire tocooperate with each other onresearch ,development
testing andevaluation inorder toimprove safeguards onnuclear
material ,including nuclear material accounting andcontrol measures ;
hereby agree asfollows :
.Article I
The areas ofcooperation mnuclear material safeguards research
anddevelopment may include :
1.Development ,exchange and testing ofdestructive andnon­
destructive assay methods andinstrumentation ;exchanges of .■
information onperformance . ' -. ^
2.Preparation andcertification ofreference materials for
destructive andnon–destructive assay offissile materials
andrefinement -of'reference techniques for chemical analyses *-
3.Development ,exchange andtesting ofcontainment andsurveillance
methods andequipment ;"exchanges ofinformation onperformance .
4.Test ofmathematical methods fornuclear materials accounting
data evaluation .
5.Exchanges ofinformation ,equipment andstaff .
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Other areas ofcooperation may beadded bymutual agreement .

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Article II
1.Joint research anddevelopment projects ,and specific tasks
tobeundertaken intheareas ofcooperation stated in
Article Ishall beset forth inwritten annexes tothis
-Agreement asmutually agreed onacase -by-case basis .
2.Each Party may loan equipment totheother Party ,for such
purposes under this Agreement asmaybemutually agreeable
tothe Parties .
3.Information may beexchanged between theParties intheform
oftechnical reports ,correspondence ,byjoint meetings of
experts ,visits ,orinanyother form asmaybemutually
agreeable tothe Parties .
4.Staff may beexchanged ,subject totheprovisions ofArticle
VIofthis Agreement ,asmay bemutually agreeable tothe
Parties .
Article III
1.To .supervise theexecution ofthis Agreement ,theParties shall
each name one individual toact asCoordinator .The Coordinators
shall meet toevaluate thestatus ofcooperation under this
Agreement atspecific times andplaces tobemutually agreed
upon ,with themeetings held alternately intheEuropean
Communities and inthe United States .These evaluations shall
include :comprehensive review ofeach Party 'snuclear material
safeguards research anddevelopment program ,status ,andplans ;
assessment ofthebalance ofexchanges under this Agreement ;
andconsideration ofmeasures toensure abalanced exchange in
the'design ofcooperation under this Agreement .
2.Day-to-daymanagement ofthecooperation under this Agreement
shall becarried outbyManagers designated bytheCoordinators .
TheManagers shall agree onspecific cooperative activities in
their respective areas inaccordance with Articles IandIIof
this Agreement andwithin policy guidelines setbytheCoordinators

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TheManagers shall beresponsible for the -working contacts
between ,theParties intheir respective areas ofcooperation .
Article IV ■ ■ -
General
A. Each Party maymake available totheother information
inspecified areas ofthefield ,ofnuclear material -
safeguards which they have theright to'disclose ,either
intheir possession oravailable tothem .
B.Both Parties agree that information exchanged under this .
Agreement may begiven wide distribution ,subject tothe
need toprotect proprietary information exchanged hereunder
asprovided inthis Article and theneed toprotect patent
rights asprovided inArticle VI.
Use ofProprietary Information ,, : -
A. Definitions ' '
(i)Theterm "information "means scientific ortechnical
data ,results ormethods ofresearch anddevelopment ,
and any other information intended tobeprovided or
exchanged under this Agreement .
•(ii)Theterm "proprietary information "means information
which contains trade secrets orcommercial orfinancial
-information which ispriviledged orconfidential ,and ~
may only include "such information which : .
a}-'hasbeen held inconfidence bytheowner ;
b)isofatype which iscustomarily held in
confidence byits owner ; 1 ■ -
c)has Jiotbeen transmitted bythe .transmitting
Party toother entities (including thereceiving
Parry )except onthe -basis that itbeheld in *
y -
:confidence :and
d)isnototherwise available tothereceiving Party
from another source without restriction onits
further dissemination .

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B. Procedures
(i)AParty receiving information pursuant tothis ■
Agreement shall respect theprivileged nature
thereof .Anydocument which contains proprietary
information shall beclearly marked with the
following (orsubstantially similar )restrictive
legend :
' "This document contains proprietary .information
furnished inconfidence under anAgreement
dated • between the United States
Department ofEnergy and the European Atomic
Energy Community ,and shall not bedisseminated
outside these organizations ,their contractors ,
and theconcerned departments andagencies of
the Governments ofthe United States and ofthe -
Member States oftheEuropean Atomic Energy Agency
community ,without theprior approval of •
.This notice shall bemarked onany
reproduction hereof ,inwhole orinpart .These
limitations shall automatically terminate when this
information isdisclosed bytheowner without
restriction ."
(ii)Proprietary information received inconfidence under
this Agreement may bedisseminated bythereceiving
Party to :
a)persons within oremployed bythereceiving Party
andconcerned departments andagencies ofthe
receiving Party that areengaged insafeguards
work relating tothesubject matter ofthe
proprietary information ; *
b)prime orsubcontractors ofthereceiving Party
located v/ithin thegeographic limits ofthe
receiving Party foruseonly within the .framework
oftheir contracts with thereceiving Party inwork
relating tothesubject matter oftheproprietary
information ;provided that anyproprietary
information sodisseminated shall bedisseminated
pursuant toanagreement ofconfidentiality and
shall bemarked with arestrictive legend substantially

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jidentical tothat appearing insubparagraph 2B(i)'
above .Equipment ormaterials loaned under' this '
Agreement may embody some proprietary information •
discernible byaknowledgeable person andsuch loans
shall betreated asdissemination ofproprietary .
.information provided that prior written notification
ofthis fact ismade tothereceiving Party , - <
'■(iii)With theprior written consent oftheParty providing
proprietary information under this Agreement ,.the
receiving Party may disseminate such proprietary .
'information more widely than otherwise permitted in
theforegoing section ii.TheParties shall cooperate
,with each other indeveloping procedures forrequesting
andobtaining prior written consent for such wider .
dissemination ,andeach Party shall grant such approval
totheextent permitted byitsownpolicies ,regulations ,
and laws asthecase may be.' <
C. Each Party .shall exercise its best ,efforts toensure that
.proprietary information received byitunder this Agreement
iscontrolled asprovided herein' .Ifone oftheParties
becomes aware that itwill be,ormayreasonably beexpected -
tobecome ,unable tomeet thenon-dissemination provisions
ofthis paragraph ,itshall ^immediately "inform theother
Party .TheParties shall thereafter consult todefine an
appropriate course ofaction . ■ ''
. » "V.
D. •,Information ^.arising from seminars andother meetings arranged
under this Agreement andinformation arising from theattachment
ofstaff ,use offacilities and joint projects shall betreated
1bythe .Parties according totheprinciples specified inthis -
article ;provided however that noinformation orally communicated
shall.be subject tothelimited disclosure requirements ofthis
Agreement unless theindividual communicatin'g theinformation
places ,therecipient onnotice astotheproprietary character
ofthe information communicated and forthwith confirms the
notice inwriting .

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E.Nothing contained inthis Agreement shall preclude the'
useordissemination ofinformation received byaParty
through arrangements .other than those provided forunder
this Agreement .
Article V
Information transmitted byoneParty totheother Party under
this Agreement shall beaccurate tothebest knowledge and
belief oftheTransmitting Party ,but theTransmitting Party
does notwarrant thesuitability oftheinformation transmitted
forany particular use orapplication bytheReceiving Party or
byany third Party .Information developed jointly bytheParties •
shall beaccurate tothebest knowledge andbelief ofboth Parties .
Neither Party warrants theaccuracy ofthejointly developed
information orits suitability for any particular use or
application byeither Party orbyany third Party .
Article VI
1.With respect toanyinvention ordiscovery made orconceived
inthecourse oforunder this Agreement :
A.Ifmade orconceived bypersonnel ofoneParty (the
Assigning Farty oritscontractors )while assigned to
another Party (Recipient Party oritscontractors )in
connection with exchanges ofscientists ,engineers and
other specialists ,theRecipient Party will acquire all
rights ,title andinterest inand toanysuch invention
ordisco /eryinallcountries ,subject toanon-exclusive ,
irrevocable ,royalty-free license inallsuch countries
totheAssigning Party ,with theright oftheAssigning
Party togrant sublicenses under such invention or
discovery andanypatent application ,patent orother
protection relating thereto .

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B. Ifmade orconceived byaParty oritscontractors as .
adirect result ofemploying information which hasbeen
communicated toit.under this Agreement byanother Party
oritscontractors orcommunicated during -seminars or
other joint meetings ,theParty making theinvention will
acquire allrights ,title andinterest inand tosuch
.inventions ordiscovery inallcountries ,subject toa
-grant totheother Party ,of"aroyalty-free ,non-exclusive ,
irrevocable license ,with theright oftheother Party to
grant sublicenses inand toany such invention ordiscovery
andanypatent orother protection relating thereto ,in
all countries .
C.With regard toexchange ofsamples ,-materials ,instruments
andcomponents for joint testing ,theRecipient Party and
theAssigning Party will have thesame rights assetforth
inparagraph 1A.
D.With regard tospecific forms ofcooperation other than the
forms provided forinsubparagraphs A,Barid Cabove ,the
Parties will provide forappropriate distribution ofrights
'to inventions ordiscoveries resulting from such cooperation
'inanother Agreement orinanannex tothis Agreement in
accordance with paragraph 1ofArticle .IIofthis Agreement .
Each Party ''will ,without prejudice toanyrights ofinventors
under itsnational laws ,take allnecessary steps toprovide
■thecooperation from its inventors required tocarry out the
provisions ofthis Article .Neither oftheParties will
assume theresponsibility topay awards orcompensation
required tobepaid ,tonationals oftheother Party according
tolaws ofthecountry ofthat other Party .

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Article VII
1.Whenever anexchange ofstaff iscontemplated under this ..
Agreement ,each Party shall ensure that qualified staff
are selected for attachment tothe other Party .
2.Each Party shall beresponsible for thesalaries ,insurance ,,
and allowance tobepaid its staff while attached tothe
other Party unless otherwise agreed .
3.Each Party shall pay for thetravel andliving expenses of
its staff while attached tothe other Party unless otherwise
agreed .
4.Thehost establishment shall use itsbest efforts toarrange
forcomparable accommodation for theother Party 'sstaff and
their families onamutually agreeable reciprocal basis .
5.Each Party shall provide allnecessary assistance tothe
attached staff (andtheir families )oftheother Party as
regards administrative formalities (travel arrangements ,etc.).
6.The staff ofeach Party shall conform tothe general rules of
work andsafety regulations i-nforce atthehost establishment .
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Article VIII
1.Information which isclassified byeither Party fornational
security reasons ,including Restricted Data orFormerly
Restricted Data ,shall not beexchanged hereunder .
2.Information onsensitive nuclear technology shall not be
exchanged hereunder .

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Article IX
1.Bymutual agreement ,the Parties may transfer equipment
•tobeutilized under theAgreement .Insuch cases ,the
sending Party shall supply ,assoon aspossible ,adetailed
--list oftheequipment tobeprovided together with the
relevant specifications and appropriate technical and
informational documentation relating touse ,maintenance
andrepair oftheequipment .
2.Equipment andnecessary spare parts supplied bythesending
Party foruse injoint activities shall remain itsproperty
and shall bereturned tothesending Party upon completion
ofthejoint .activity ,unless otherwise agreed .
3.Theabove-mentioned equipment shall bebrought into operation
atareceiving establishment after mutual agreement between
theCoordinators ,Managers ,ortheir senior representatives
atthe interested establishments ofthe Parties .
4.Thereceiving establishment shall provide thenecessary -
premises for theequipment ,shall provide forutilities
such aselectric power ,water and gas ,andnormally shall •
provide materials tobetested ,inaccordance with technical ,
requirements which shall bemutually agreed upon .
.5.Theresponsibility andexpenses foreach transport ofequipment
and materials between the United States ofAmerica and the
European Atomic Energy Community byplane orship toa
mutually agreed destination ,including responsibility for
itssafekeeping andinsurance enroute shall rest with the
shipper until thereceiver orhis agent takes custody ofthe
shipment .
6.Theequipment provided bytheSending Party forcarrying out
.'activities under this Agreement shall beconsidered tobe
scientific and ashaving anon-commercial character ,"for
thepurposes ofdesignation andimport /export -declarations .
7.TheReceiving Party shall ensure duty-free entry into its
territory ofanyequipment provided pursuant tothis Agreement .

Article X
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Cooperation -under this Agreement shall beinaccordance with
ν
the laws and regulations oftherespective Farties .All
questions relating totheAgreement arising during itsterm
shall besettled bytheParties bymutual agreement .
Article XI
Except where otherwise specifically agreed ,all costs resulting
from cooperation under this Agreement shall beborne bythe
Party that incurs them .Itisunderstood that the ability of
theParties to -carry out their obligations shall besubject to
theappropriation offunds bytheappropriate governmental
authority ,where necessary ,and totheconstitution ,laws ,and
regulations applicable totheParties .
Article XII
1.All questions ordisputes related toorarising under this
Agreement ofactivities carried outhereunder should be
settled bymutual agreement ofthe Parties .
2.Compensation fordamages arising from activities under thi
Agreement shall beinaccordance with tneapplicable
laws ofthe Parties . -
- : , Article XIII
This Agreement shall remain ineffect forfive (5),years
after its effective date unless terminated atthediscre­
tion ofeither Party ,upon three .(3)months advance notifi­
cation inwriting ,andmaybeextended oramended bymutual
consent .

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Donemduplicate at this day of ,1981
DEPARTMENT OFENERGY OF '
THE UNITED STATES OFAMERICAEUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ,
REPRESENTED BYTHE COMMISSION OF
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Annex I
Joint Research andDevelopment Tasks
Area IDevelopment ,exchange and testing onnon-destructive
assay instrumentation andexchanges ofinformation
onperformance .'
1.Field experience with theHigh-Level Neutron -
Coincidence Counter inthefield . • v
2iNon-destructive assay ofirradiated fuel materials .
3.Measurement ofPuisotopic ratios bygamma-ray
spectrometry . ' '-
4.Comparison ofactive assay systems forhighly ,
enriched uranium assay (Sb-Be ,Active Well Counter ,
Random Driver ).
5.Exchange ofinformation andcoordination inthe
construction ofNDA data evaluation microprocessors
and soft-vare .
6.Evaluation „c£ 'the use and field test ofabulk and
small sarvple calorimeter for themeasurement ofPu
\ material for safeguards purposes .•
Area IIPreparation aliicertification ofreference materials for \
destructive anfnon-destructive assay offissile materials
and refinement ofreference techniques for chemical analyses .
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1.Refinement ofnuclear reference techniques ,for the
assay ofundiluted inputs ofreprocessing plants .
2.Establishment ofreference materials for non­
destructive assay .
,3. •Joint certification ofreference and test materials
for theUSA –SALE program . ,-

Annex I
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'Area III Development ,exchange and test ofcontainment ?and
surveillance-' equipment and exchange ofinformation
onperformances .
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1.Exchange ofinformation ontheprinciple ofthe
-: .ultrasonic signature . . . '
2.Vulnerability tests onseals (general purpose , ■
' ': CANDU type andothers ).
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3.development ofcap seals for LUR fuels and' in
'field tests .
4.Development ofgeneral purpose seals .-
■5.Harmonization ofread-out equipment forultra - ,
•sonic identification . , ■ "...
6.In-field reidentification ofrivet seals .
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•7.Test ofTVcameras and in-field test .
Area IV -Test ofmathematical methods for nuclear materials
•.•accounting -data evaluation . -"'1■
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1.Joint study ofdecision analysis .techniques .
2.Exchange ofexperience oncontrolling measurement
uncertainties inselected measurement systems .
3. ,Development ofmodeling andsimulation techniques
for improved materials accounting ,*