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, archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016
- "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