Action 59

China has become party to the principal nuclear safety, nuclear emergency, radioactive-waste and spent-fuel safety, nuclear-security and nuclear-terrorism conventions listed in Action 59. China ratified the Convention on Nuclear Safety in 1996; ratified the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident and the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency in 1987; acceded to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management in 2006; acceded to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material in 1989; ratified the CPPNM Amendment in 2009; and became a party to the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism in 2010. China also incorporated the Early Notification and Assistance Conventions into its nuclear-emergency preparedness framework, stating that notification and requests for assistance would be made through the IAEA and the international community as appropriate.

France is a party to the Convention on Nuclear Safety (1995), the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (1989), the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (1989), the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (2000), the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (2013), the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (1991), and has approved its amendment in 2013.

Russia became party to all conventions listed in Action 59 and ratified the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material prior to the current Review Cycle.

The UK became a Party to the Convention on Nuclear Safety in 1996, the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident in 1990, the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency in 1990, the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management in 2001, the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism in 2009, and the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material in 1991 and to its amendment in 2010.

The United States became a party to the Convention on Nuclear Safety in July 1999; a party to the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident in October 1988; a party to the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency in October 1988; a party to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management in July 2003; a party to the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism in September 2015; a party to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) in February 1987; and a party to the CPPNM’s amendment in May 2016