Progress toward international agreement to improve reactor safety
Representatives of nearly one-half of the 114 member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), including the United States, have participated in the development of an international nuclear safety conventions proposed multilateral treaty to improve civil nuclear power reactor safety. A preliminary draft of the convention has been developed (referred to as the draft convention for this report), but discussions are continuing, and when the final convention text will be completed and presented to IAEA member states for signature is uncertain. This report responds to the former and current Chairman`s request that we provide information on the development of the nuclear safety convention, including a discussion of (1) the draft convention`s scope and objectives, (2) how the convention will be implemented and monitored, (3) the views of selected country representatives on what provisions should be included in the draft convention, and (4) the convention`s potential benefits and limitations.
- Research Organization:
- General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (United States). Resources, Community and Economic Development Div.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 10106508
- Report Number(s):
- GAO/RCED-93-153; ON: DE95004465; TRN: 95:000697
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 14 May 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament and extended deterrence in the new security environment
IAEA Guidance on Managing the Interface between Safety and Security for Normal Commercial Shipments of Radioactive Material