National Report of Poland on Compliance with the Obligations of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, Polish 3rd National Report as Referred to in Article 32 of the Joint Convention

This Report has been prepared, according to the guidelines established by the Contracting Parties under Article 29.2(iii), to fulfil the obligations of the Article 32 of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, signed by Poland on 30 September 1997 in Vienna, and ratified by the President of the Republic of Poland on 9 March 2000. The corresponding instruments of ratification were deposited with the IAEA on 5 May 2000. The Convention entered into force on 18 June 2001. This Report is the third one, following the 1st and 2nd national reports, issued in May 2003 and October 2005, and presented during the first and second Review Meetings of the Contracting Parties of the Joint Convention, held in Vienna in November 2003 and May 2006 respectively. The present report is stand-alone document and has been prepared with the aim to update and supplement the information contained in the previous reports. It focuses on the changes related to the legislative framework and regulatory control infrastructure that have taken place since the last review meeting. It includes in particular the matters that were suggested during the second review meeting to be addressed in the Polish 3rd national report. The Report has been prepared for review, by the Contracting Parties, of the implementation by Poland its obligations under the Convention in connection to the Third Review Meeting to be held in Vienna in May 2009.