Third National Report on Compliance with the Joint Convention Obligations, Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
SED Publication Type
Third National Report on Compliance with the Joint Convention Obligations, Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
Author
French Safety Authority
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General Directorate for the Prevention of Risks (Direction générale de la prévention des risques, DGPR)
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the Directorate for Regional Action, Quality and Industrial Safety (Direction de l’action régionale, de la qualité et de la sécurité industrielle – DARQSI)
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the General Directorate for Energy and Climate (Direction générale de l’énergie et du climat – DGEC)
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the Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire – IRSN)
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Électricité de France (EDF)
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AREVA
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AREVA NC
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the Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique – CEA)
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the National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs – Andra)
Publication Date
The Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, hereinafter referred to as the “Joint Convention”, is the result of international discussions that followed the adoption of the Convention on Nuclear Safety, in 1994. France signed the Joint Convention at the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held on 29 September 1997, the very first day the Joint Convention was opened for signature. She approved it on 22 February 2000 and filed the corresponding instruments with the IAEA on 27 April 2000.
