Euratom Safeguards Office. Report 1999-2000

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Paul RUBIG (EPP-ED, Austria) on the Commission's report. (Please refer to the document dated 22/05/02.) Parliament called for greater clarification from the ESO of cases where discrepancies were found during inspections or material balance evaluations. The ESO was asked to give further explanations and justifications for the margin of error built into the "material unaccounted for" (MUF) figures. These margins should be significantly reduced over time to increase the accuracy of accounting for fissile material. Parliament encouraged the Commission to propose a directive to fix a reference framework for all activities of auditing over time to increase the accuracy of accounting for fissile material.�