Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
The Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management is a 1997 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) treaty.[1] It is the first treaty to address radioactive waste management on a global scale.
Content
The states that ratify the Convention agree to be governed by the Convention's provisions on the storage of nuclear waste, including transport and the location, design, and operation of storage facilities.
The Convention implements meetings of the state parties that review the states' implementation of the Convention. The Fourth Review Meeting was held in 2012. A summary report from the meeting, and links to the national reports from the participating countries, is available on the IAEA website.[2]
Creation and state parties
The Convention was concluded in Vienna, Austria, on 29 September 1997 and entered into force on 18 June 2001.[3] It was signed by 42 states. As of March 2016, it has 71 state parties plus the European Atomic Energy Community. Lebanon, and the Philippines have signed the Convention but have not ratified it.
The following are the parties to the Convention. States in bold have at least one nuclear power plant in operation.[4]
Albania
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China (extended to
Hong Kong)
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Gabon
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
South Korea
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Netherlands
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
European Atomic Energy Community
References
- ↑ IAEA Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, INFCIRC/546 (PDF), 24 December 1997
- ↑ "Results of Review Meetings". 29 May 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ↑ "IAEA International Conventions and Legal Agreements". Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ↑ IAEA Joint Convention status (PDF), retrieved 7 June 2014