Article 7

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a)

an act without lawful authority which constitutes the receipt, possession, use, transfer, alteration, disposal or dispersal of nuclear material and which causes or is likely to cause death or serious injury to any person or substantial damage to property or to the environment;

b)

a theft or robbery of nuclear material;

c)

an embezzlement or fraudulent obtaining of nuclear material;

d)

an act which constitutes the carrying, sending, or moving of nuclear material into or out of a State without lawful authority;

e)

an act directed against a nuclear facility, or an act interfering with the operation of a nuclear facility, where the offender intentionally causes, or where he knows that the act is likely to cause, death or serious injury to any person or substantial damage to property or to the environment by exposure to radiation or release of radioactive substances, unless the act is undertaken in conformity with the national law of the State Party in the territory of which the nuclear facility is situated;

f)

an act constituting a demand for nuclear material by threat or use of force or by any other form of intimidation;

g)

a threat:

(i)

to use nuclear material to cause death or serious injury to any person or substantial damage to property or to the environment or to commit the offence described in sub-paragraph (e), or

(ii)

to commit an offence described in sub-paragraphs (b) and (e) in order to compel a natural or legal person, international organization or State to do or to refrain from doing any act;

(h)

an attempt to commit any offence described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e);

(i)

an act which constitutes participation in any offence described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (h);

(j)

an act of any person who organizes or directs others to commit an offence described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (h); and

(k)

an act which contributes to the commission of any offence described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (h) by a group of persons acting with a common purpose; such act shall be intentional and shall either:

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