United States of American Fourth National Report for the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management

The United States (U.S.) of America ratified the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel<br/>Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (Joint Convention) on<br/>April 9, 2003. The Joint Convention establishes an international peer review process among<br/>Contracting Parties and provides incentives for nations to take appropriate steps to bring their nuclear activities into compliance with general safety standards and practices. The U.S.<br/>participated in Review Meetings of the Contracting Parties to the Joint Convention in November<br/>2003, May 2006, and May 2009 in Vienna, Austria. This Fourth Report, an update of the U.S.<br/>National Report prepared under the Joint Convention in September 2011, documents spent fuel<br/>and radioactive waste management safety in the U.S. under the terms of the Joint Convention.<br/>It was prepared by the U.S. Government for review by the Contracting Parties.<br/>The U.S. complies with the terms of the Joint Convention. An extensive U.S. legal and<br/>regulatory structure ensures the safety of spent fuel and radioactive waste management.<br/>The report describes radioactive waste management in the U.S. in both commercial and<br/>government sectors, and provides annexes with information on spent fuel and waste<br/>management facilities, inventories, and ongoing decommissioning projects. It also provides<br/>detailed information on spent fuel and radioactive waste management safety, as well as<br/>transboundary movements (imports/exports) and disused sealed sources, as required by the<br/>Joint Convention.<br/>The U.S. Department of Energy acknowledges the support and cooperation of the U.S.<br/>Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and U.S. Department<br/>of State in preparation of this report through the Joint Convention Interagency Executive<br/>Steering Committee and Working Group. The information in this report was extracted from<br/>publicly available information sources, including regulations and internet web sites of these<br/>agencies.