Senior nuclear law specialists from the IAEA recently participated in the 22nd Biennial Congress of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA). The Congress is a leading international conference on legal issues relating to peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The conference was held from 7 to 11 November 2016 and hosted by the Nuclear Law Association, India in New Delhi.
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Three countries took key actions today to strengthen nuclear safety and security worldwide. On the margins of the IAEA General Conference, Denmark, Kyrgyzstan and Lesotho deposited four legal documents related to treaties under the IAEA’s auspices.
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The importance of having an adequate national nuclear legal framework in place, as well as IAEA legislative assistance in establishing and maintaining up-to-date national legislation were among the issues that over 50 legal experts from 19 IAEA Member States discussed during a sub-regional workshop hosted in Singapore recently.
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Understanding the ins and outs of civil liability and compensation in case of nuclear damage is key if a nuclear incident affects several States, learned participants at an IAEA workshop on the legal aspects of nuclear liability and the international legal instruments available.
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The Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) entered into force on 8 May 2016. Described by IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano as "the single most important step which the world can take to strengthen nuclear security," it expands the scope of the Convention adopted in 1979. The following FAQs explain the significance of and background to the Amendment.
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Following the entry into force of the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) today, the international community must focus on its implementation, said IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano.
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IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano hosted a public event to mark the entry into force of the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM), a landmark agreement aimed at strengthening global nuclear security and reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism. The Amendment enters into force on 8 May 2016.
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In the months following the Chernobyl accident, two agreements related to nuclear safety came into force: the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident, and the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, which significantly strengthened the global nuclear safety regime. Ten years later, in 1996, the Convention on Nuclear Safety came into force, further strengthening nuclear safety.
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During his visit to Belarus, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano welcomed assurances from his hosts that Belarus would in the near future join the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM), a key nuclear security agreement that will come into effect on 8 May 2016.
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In his statement at the International Conference on Effective Nuclear Regulatory Systems: Sustaining Improvements Globally in Vienna, Austria, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano encouraged all countries with nuclear power programmes to become parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS), and also urged all countries to adhere to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM), which makes it legally binding to protect nuclear facilities, as well as nuclear material in domestic use, storage and transport.
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A nuclear security agreement that will take effect on 8 May will reduce the risk of a terrorist attack on a nuclear power plant and make it harder to smuggle nuclear material.
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IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano has delivered a statement on the imminent entry into force of the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. The Amendment makes it legally binding for countries to protect nuclear facilities, as well as nuclear material in domestic use, storage and transport.
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