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1."Radioactive material" means nuclear material and other radioactive
substances which contain nuclides which undergo spontaneous disintegration (a
process accompanied by emission of one or more types of ionizing radiation, such
as alpha-, beta-, neutron particles and gamma rays) and which may, owing to their
radiological or fissile properties, cause death, serious bodily injury or substantial
damage to property or to the environment. ...
... 2."Nuclear material" means plutonium, except that with isotopic concentration
exceeding 80 per cent in plutonium-238; uranium-233; uranium enriched in the
isotope 235 or 233; uranium containing the mixture of isotopes as occurring in
nature other than in the form of ore or ore residue; or any material containing one or
more of the foregoing;
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... 3. States Parties shall not be required by this Convention to provide any
information which they are not permitted to communicate pursuant to national law
or which would jeopardize the security of the State concerned or the physical
protection of nuclear material. ...
... (b) Ensure that any nuclear material is held in accordance with applicable
International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards; and ...