Nuclear and Nuclear-Related Activities and Installations

Peaceful nuclear activities are comprised of many different types of facilities and associated activities that must all be safeguarded by the IAEA. The civilian nuclear power industry alone consists of all the requisite infrastructure necessary to mine uranium from the earth, process it to the point of producing electrical power, and eventual storage.

Terms Included in this Chapter

1. Bulk handling facility
2. Closed-down facility
3. Conversion plant
4. Decommissioned facility
5. Enrichment plant (or isotope separation plant)
6. Facility life cycle
7. Facility type
8. Fast reactor
9. Fuel fabrication plant
10. Geological repository
11. Graphite moderated reactor
12. Heavy water production plant
13. Heavy water reactor (HWR)
14. Item facility
15. Light water reactor (LWR)
16. Nuclear fuel cycle
17. Nuclear fuel cycle related research and development activities
18. Nuclear-related dual-use item
19. Off-load refuelled power reactor
20. On-load refuelled power reactor (OLR)
21. Power reactor
22. Reactor
23. Reprocessing plant
24. Storage facility
25. Uranium mine and concentration (ore processing) plant