Welcome to the ESARDA library / Reference center

The ESARDA library aims to provide the user with information about safeguards. It is structured in such a way that newcomers, as well as experienced experts can access it easily and find the requested information rapidly.

First, you will find texts of the main Treaties that are regulating the Safeguards activities. It will be followed by a collection of national laws (today under construction).

A safeguards glossary was drafted to explain, in a few words, the essentials of the terms used in the fields. For a newcomer to safeguards, a clear and simplified explanation will indeed be preferred to an exact in-depth definition and explanation which would be reserved for the specialist; so that newcomer can understand the terms without having to study the meaning in minute detail. A link to the IAEA Glossary is provided.

The technical sheets are more detailed and their objective is to explain in a few pages the basic concepts of various techniques used in safeguards. They also intend to give some application cases as well as some references. This section is dedicated to a more advanced audience in the field of safeguards.

ESARDA has launched an initiative called Modules of courses. It aims at establishment of didactical material by safeguards specialists and university lecturers. The objective is to format the existing knowledge and put it at disposal of universities and high level education institutions that have nuclear engineering education.

In Books, publications and reports you will find a selection of key publications.



"Data Base ESARDA" is a new data base of all material ever published by ESARDA. You will find articles from bulletins and proceedings of the ESARDA workshops and annual meetings since the beginning of the activity of the association.