Parties Begin Peer Review under the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
(WorldNews Environment)

Delegates from most of the 78 IAEA Member States that are Contracting Parties to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management are holding the sixth review meeting in Vienna to review their peers` work to fulfil their obligations under the Convention. The Joint Convention, which entered into force in 2001, is the first international legally binding instrument in the field of safety of radioactive waste and spent fuel management. Parties submit national reports on their work under the Convention for review by other Parties in a process that aims to encourage...