No L 88/54 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.4.92 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 4 March 1992 relating to a procedure in application of Article 83 of the Euratom Treaty (XVII-002 — UKAEA Dounreay) (Only the English text is authentic) (92/194/Euratom) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 83 thereof, Having given UKAEA Dounreay (United Kingdom) the opportunity to express its point of view on the objections raised by the Commission, Whereas as follows : L. THE FACTS This Decision concerns non-compliance with essential safeguard requirements by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA Dounreay) (UK) during the period from April to November 1991. The Dounreay site is located about 10 miles west of "Thurso in Scotland (UK). The site comprises both military and civil installations which are physically separated. The civil part of the site comprises major installations performing a variety of fuel-cycle activities, such as opera- ting a fast reactor, plutonium reprocessing, uranium fuel reprocessing, uranium fuel fabrication, waste treatment/ disposal, a decommissioned prototype fast reactor and laboratories/other associated services. Within the uranium fuel fabrication installation a rebuilt, upgraded and refurbished uranium scrap/residue recovery plant was put into operation in September 1990. This plant is designed to recover valuable uranium contained in all sorts of ‘odd’ materials such as residues, ashes, scraps etc. stemming from fabrication of uranium fuel. Through a series of documents referred to hereinafter, on-site verifications and the hearing held in Brussels in the offices of the Commission on 10 February 1992, the following facts were established : — In the course of 1991 the UKAEA Dounreay Manage- ment became increasingly concerned about the adequacy of the accounting system for nuclear mate- rials and improvement was considered necessary. Following a physical inventory taking in March 1991, Euratom safeguards inspectors drew the attention of UKAEA Dounreay to shortcomings in the accoun- tancy system and in particular to unrecorded transfers. — In August 1991 the uranium scrap/residue recovery plant underwent some modifications following Euratom inspectors’ findings. Despite this, unrecorded transfers continued and were notified to the operator by Euratom safeguards inspectors who also drew the operator’s attention to deficiencies in the records system.