Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, National Report from Denmark, First Review Meeting

Denmark signed the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management 29 September 1997, the day it opened for signature, and the Convention was accepted 3 September 1999 by letter from the Foreign Ministry to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Until further notice the Convention does not apply for the autonomous territories Greenland and the Faroe Islands, which both do not possess spent nuclear fuel or radioactive waste.
The present report is the Danish National Report for the First Review Meeting to the Convention, which takes place 3 – 14 November 2003 at IAEA in Vienna. The report is made in accordance with the Guidelines regarding the Form and Structure of National Reports (INFCIRC/604, 1 July 2002) established by the Contracting Parties under Article 29 of the Convention at the Preparatory Meeting at IAEA 10 - 12 December 2001.
The report is prepared by the National Institute of Radiation Hygiene under the National Board of Health, in co-operation with Risø National Laboratory and the Nuclear Office under the Danish Emergency Management Agency. It is con- cluded in the report that Denmark meets all obligations of the Convention.