International Nuclear Safety Group

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The International Nuclear Safety Group, formerly the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (INSAG), is an international organization that works to make nuclear safety clear and accessible for all. INSAG was created directly after the Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986.[1] As part of the IAEA, the INSAG headquarters are located in Vienna. Under the direction of the International Atomic Energy Agency, INSAG helps to provide recommendations on nuclear safety approaches,[2] emphasizing the importance of nuclear safety, advising establishments when necessary, and creates new safety plans and procedures to follow.

History

The IAEA was established in 1957 with the goal of advocating the use of nuclear energy.[3] Civil nuclear power began in the 1950s when nuclear power plants were first being built. Many countries joined the IAEA, recognizing the extreme importance of nuclear safety. The full list of current members are the same as the Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

A problem that occurred after the creation of the IAEA was that even though safety precautions existed, accidents started to happen. The first serious nuclear accident happened with the Kyshtym disaster, which occurred at Mayak, a Nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the Soviet Union. Since then, there have been hundreds of nuclear accidents, some considered minor while others were horrendous, with one of the worst accidents being the Chernobyl disaster of April 26, 1986. Involving a nuclear power plant at Chernobyl, now in Ukraine, a combination of nuclear volatility and the disregard of several safety procedures caused an explosion of its fourth reactor, ending in the worldwide environmental and human catastrophe. Following the Chernobyl accident, the IAEA was forced to create a new branch of their organisation to help promote safety during nuclear energy production.

In 2002, the Group's mission was revised and it was renamed the International Nuclear Safety Group, but the acronym INSAG was retained. INSAG's new terms of scope is to: 'Provide recommendations and opinions on current and emerging nuclear safety issues to the IAEA, the nuclear community and the public.'[4]

The latest reports conclude that evidence does not exist to support the claims that nuclear power is in any way capable of being regarded as 'safe'. Further, it was recognized by all parties that nuclear power is inherently dangerous and even likely to be the future cause of the destruction of planet earth and possibly other planets as well. It concluded further that all measures possible should be employed extremely urgently to deconstruct any and all nuclear projects that currently exist throughout the planet, in an effort to save planet earth from forthcoming extinction.

For a full list of nuclear accidents, see Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents.

References

  1. ↑ International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (1992). "The Chernobyl Accident: Updating of INSAG-1 INSAG-7" (PDF). http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/Pub913e_web.pdf. 75-INSAG-7: 1–2. External link in |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ "International Nuclear Safety Group". www-ns.iaea.org. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  3. ↑ "The Statute of the IAEA". www.iaea.org. 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  4. ↑ http://www-ns.iaea.org/downloads/ni/insag/safety-for-all.pdf
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