The paper is organized as follows. To the IAEA FUMAC TECDOC (under preparation) 2. The IAEA Legal Framework for Nuclear Safety: At a GlanceThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) initiated the Coordinated Research Project.
No enforcement mechanism “ Peer Review Process” Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management The Joint Convention applies to: spent fuel and radioactive waste when the spent fuel results from civilian applications/ nuclear reactors uranium mining and milling wastes discharges from regulated activities At present 58 Contracting Parties Generally does not apply to: spent fuel held at reprocessing facilities as part of a reprocessing activity waste containing only naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) and which is outside the nuclear fuel cycle spent fuel and radioactive waste from military or defense programes Scope of Application contd.“ Peer Review Process” Contracting Parties must report to Review Meetings on how they implement each of the obligations under the Convention (Article 32) Preparatory Meeting: Dec. TECDOC-1234.Convention on Nuclear Safety, 1994 (INFCIRC/449) Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, 1997 (INFCIRC/546) Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident, 1986 (INFCIRC/335) Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, 1986 (INFCIRC/336) Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources, 2003 (INFCIRC/663) Code of Conduct on the Safety of Research Reactors, 2004 (IAEA/CODEOC/RR/2006) International Instruments contd.To provide a legal framework for conducting activities related to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and ionizing radiation in a manner which adequately protects individuals, property and the environment ObjectiveConvention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) The CNS applies to: The safety of nuclear installations: “ Nuclear installation' defined as any land-based civil nuclear power plant including such storage, handling and treatment facilities for radioactive materials as are on the same site and are directly related to the operation of the nuclear power plant Does not apply to research reactors At present 72 Contracting Parties “ Peer Review Process” Preparatory Meeting: April 1997 To-date, five Review Meetings: 1999, 2002, 2005, 20 Extraordinary Meeting scheduled for 2012, inter alia, to analyse the relevant issues arising from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP Contracting Parties must report to Review Meetings on how they implement each of the obligations under the Convention (Article 20)Key Points: Considered as an “incentive” convention i.e. Some specific applications of fast neutron flux (IAEA. Tool to increase neutron fluxes, reduce thermal and epi-thermal neutron fluxes. Benchmark calculations from participating modelling groups in FUMAC are.
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