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

Conference · Sun Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2004

OSTI ID:839373

Stewart, L; Tonkay, D

This paper discusses the implementation of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. The Joint Convention: establishes a commitment with respect to safe management of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste; requires the Parties to ''take appropriate steps'' to ensure the safety of their spent fuel and waste management activities, but does not delineate standards the Parties must meet; and seeks to attain, through its Contracting Parties, a higher level of safety with respect to management of their spent nuclear fuel, disused sealed sources, and radioactive waste.

• Research Organization: U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (RW) (US)
• OSTI ID: 839373
• Resource Relation: Conference: Americas Nuclear Energy Symposium (ANES 2004), Miami, FL (US), 10/03/2004--10/06/2004; Other Information: PBD: 3 Oct 2004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
IMPLEMENTATION
MANAGEMENT
NUCLEAR ENERGY
NUCLEAR FUELS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SAFETY
SEALED SOURCES
SPENT FUELS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
NUCLEAR SAFETY
SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION