Radioactive waste management

(b) Management of radioactive waste

A radioactive waste management strategy was adopted in 2004.

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

The joint convention on the safety of spent fuel management and the safety of radioactive waste management.

Localization, transport and burial of radioactive waste, deactivating materials and maintaining radioactive waste repositories

Dumping of radioactive waste

International regulations and standards for radioactive protection, national strategies for nuclear energy development, and safety and radioactive waste management measures have been substantially revised.

Sweden has ratified the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.

One priority area of this plan is the management, storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste.

Uranium and other radioactive substances, products made of such substances and radioactive waste

The relevant national authorities are now studying the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.

(b) Universalization and further strengthening of the IAEA Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management

In addition to the issue of the dumping of radioactive waste, Pakistan also recognizes the vital importance of managing radioactive waste in a safe and effective manner. It is for this reason that Pakistan participated actively in the Group of Experts which was established with the specific mandate of drafting a convention on the safety of radioactive waste management.

However, despite the lack of an appropriate mandate, a Joint Convention which includes not only radioactive waste management but also the safety of spent fuel management was concluded. Pakistan also had other reservations which were placed on the record of the Diplomatic Conference on the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.

Operative paragraph 8 of the draft resolution refers to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.

South Africa is, furthermore, committed to the international Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. Efforts are also continuing on the development of a national policy on radioactive waste management and South Africa will take the necessary steps towards signature and ratification of the Joint Convention. Regarding the transportation of radioactive materials, South Africa endorses the safety standards of the IAEA.

preparatory meetings of contracting parties to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste

9) storage, use and control of radioactive substances and waste

Moreover, radioactive waste offered an attractive target for terrorist sabotage.

Noting with satisfaction that the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management entered into force on 18 June 2001,

In addition to the issue of the dumping of radioactive waste, Pakistan also recognizes the vital importance of managing radioactive waste in a safe and effective manner. It is for this reason that Pakistan participated actively in the Group of Experts which was established with the specific mandate to draft a convention on the safety of radioactive waste management. The Expert Group was not mandated to draft an international convention on the safety of spent fuel management.

E. Waste disposal and waste management

Solid Waste Management

Management of waste

During the special session, there was also an in depth discussion on the safe management of radioactive waste, an issue of serious concern to many countries.

5. Radioactive waste means substances in any aggregate state not subject to further use, materials, goods, instruments, equipment and objects of biological origin in which the level of radionuclides exceeds those established by the standards and regulations of the States parties to the convention on the safety of radioactive waste management.

Within this overall context of nuclear security, it is studying the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management in the relevant national forums.

Taking note of the importance of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste ManagementIbid., vol. 2153, No. 37605. with respect to the safety of the end of life of radioactive sources,

The European Union fully appreciates the fact that this Convention deals not only with the safe management of radioactive waste but also with the safe management of spent fuel, in a single joint legal instrument.

Waste management (including sewage treatment)

(a) (i) The use or threat of the use of nuclear material, nuclear fuel, radioactive products or waste, or any other radioactive substances, their radioactive properties or a combination of radioactive properties with toxic, explosive or other dangerous properties

It also prohibits any nuclear explosions and the disposal of radioactive waste material in Antarctica.

The European Union stresses the importance of the Convention on Nuclear Safety and the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, and also their peer review mechanisms.

Work is being done to construct and operationalize infrastructure units to be used for building, with the assistance of the European Union, an industrial complex for solid radioactive waste management.

Lithuania was among the first signatories to this Convention as well. The IAEA already has programmes in place for the management of radioactive waste originating from medicine, industry and agriculture.

Our report provides comprehensive information on the existing legal framework, comprising the Atomic Act and related implementation regulations, as well as a case study on nuclear power plants, carried out under the Convention. In line with its long term policy in the field of the safe management of radioactive waste and spent fuel, the Czech Republic has signed the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.

Information technology and waste management systems

Waste water Biosolids Management in Mexico

Taking note of the importance of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste ManagementUnited Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2153, No. 37605. with respect to the safety of the end of life of radioactive sources,

Projections of the future contributions of nuclear energy are highly uncertain, due to the concerns that exist about safety, radioactive waste management, potential proliferation of nuclear weapons and vulnerability to terrorists.

Benin participates regularly in seminars held by IAEA on strengthening of the safeguards system, nuclear security, non proliferation of nuclear weapons, physical protection of nuclear materials, management of radioactive waste, etc.

Noting that the first Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was convened in Vienna from 3 to 14 November 2003,

Noting that the first Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was convened in Vienna from 3 to 14 November 2003,

On 5 September 1997 in Vienna, the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was adopted, as recommended by the participants in the Summit on Nuclear Safety and Security.