Nuclear power safety

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6104149

The International Atomic Energy Agency, the organization concerned with worldwide nuclear safety has produced two international conventions to provide (1) prompt notification of nuclear accidents and (2) procedures to facilitate mutual assistance during an emergency. IAEA has also expanded operational safety review team missions, enhanced information exchange on operational safety events at nuclear power plants, and planned a review of its nuclear safety standards to ensure that they include the lessons learned from the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident. However, there appears to be a nearly unanimous belief among IAEA members that may attempt to impose international safety standards verified by an international inspection program would infringe on national sovereignty. Although several Western European countries have proposed establishing binding safety standards and inspections, no specific plant have been made; IAEA's member states are unlikely to adopt such standards and an inspection program.

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). National Security and International Affairs Div.
• OSTI ID: 6104149
• Report Number(s): GAO/NSIAD-88-131BR
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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