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Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident.

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First Region

International Organizations
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
Protection against particular hazards
1986-09-26
International
International agreement

Second Region

This Convention, adopted by the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, entered into force on 27 Oct. 1986. It applies "in the event of any accident involving facilities or activities of a State Party or of persons or legal entities under its jurisdiction or control ... from which a release of radioactive material occurs or is likely to occur and which has resulted or may result in an international transboundary release that could be of radiological safety significance for another State" (Art. 1(1)). The Convention provides for forthwith notification and provision of information (Arts. 2 to 5), consultations (Art. 6), assistance to States Parties (Art. 8) and settlement of disputes (Art. 11).

Serial region

    Serial title
    International Legal Materials
    Date
    1986-11
    Number
    N. 6
    Page range
    p. 1370-1376