Joint Convention

Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management

 

Status and background

The Joint Convention entered into force on 18 June 2001. View the current number of signatories and Contracting Parties: status; background

Documents relevant to the Joint Convention

Results of the Review Meetings

To date three Review Meetings were held. The results of these meetings are listed below in reverse choronological order.

Third Review Meeting

The Third Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties pursuant to Article 30 of the Joint Convention was held at the Headquarters of the IAEA in Vienna, Austria from 11 to 20 May 2009. Forty-five Contracting Parties participated in the Review Meeting, including five new Contracting Parties, i.e., China, Nigeria, Tajikistan, Senegal and South Africa. With more than 500 delegates registered, there was active and fruitful participation in the review process. A Summary Report of the meeting was produced and it is uploaded to this site.

Second Review Meeting

As required by Article 30 of the Joint Convention, the Second Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Joint Convention was held at the Headquarters of the IAEA in Vienna, Austria from 15 to 24 May 2006.

All of the Forty-one Contracting Parties, including eight new Contracting Parties, i.e., Brazil, Estonia, Euratom, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Russian Federation and Uruguay, with nearly 500 delegates, were in attendance and participated actively in the review discussion at this meeting.

First Review Meeting

As required by Article 30 of the Joint Convention, the first Review Meeting was held at the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency from
3 to 14 November 2003. It was attended by 350 delegates from the 32 Contracting Parties and one Contracting State. At the Review Meeting, the Contracting Parties adopted a document in which the issues discussed and the conclusions reached during the meetings were summarised. This Summary Report is being made available to the public as required by Article 34 of the Convention.

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