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Technical Safeguards Terminology
Purpose, Objective, and Scope of IAEA Safeguards
Safeguards Approaches, Concepts, and Measures
Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Material: Basic Terms
Nuclear and Nuclear-Related Activities and Installations
Nuclear Material Accountancy
Nuclear Material Measurement Techniques and Equipment
Containment, Surveillance, and Monitoring
Environmental Sampling
Safeguards Information and Evaluation
Spent Nuclear Fuel Safeguards
Index of Terms

Shipper/receiver difference (SRD)

"the difference between the quantity of nuclear material in a batch as stated by the shipping material balance area and as measured at the receiving material balance area" (INFCIRC 153*)

Technical Safeguards Terminology
Purpose, Objective, and Scope of IAEA Safeguards
Safeguards Approaches, Concepts, and Measures
Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Material: Basic Terms
Nuclear and Nuclear-Related Activities and Installations
Nuclear Material Accountancy
Nuclear Material Measurement Techniques and Equipment
Containment, Surveillance, and Monitoring
Environmental Sampling
Safeguards Information and Evaluation
Spent Nuclear Fuel Safeguards
Index of Terms

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Technical Safeguards Terminology

Shipper/receiver difference (SRD)

Technical Safeguards Terminology