Convention on Early Notification of Nuclear Accidents

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The Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident ( English Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident ) is a multilateral agreement to promote a rapid exchange of information in case of a nuclear accident. In the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the agreement was drafted under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and passed on September 26, 1986 in Vienna. So far, the agreement has been ratified by 119 contracting parties (including the European Atomic Energy Community , the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization , the World Health Organization and the World Meteorological Organization ), with Bulgaria , Hungary , Poland and Mongolia withdrawing from the agreement. The approval of the German Bundestag and Bundesrat and the publication of a German translation took place in May 1989 ( Federal Law Gazette II p. 434 ).

Goals and content

The aim of the convention is to promote the rapid and relevant exchange of information on a nuclear accident in order to minimize cross-border radiological effects on humans and the environment as far as possible. For this purpose, information obligations of the contracting states in the event of an accident in the respective territory, tasks of the IAEA and minimum requirements for the information to be transmitted about an accident are defined.

Tasks of the IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Organization serves as an information broker for the contracting parties. Upon receipt of a corresponding notification, it forwards information about the accident to possibly or actually affected states and relevant international organizations. Contracting states will also transmit information received upon request.

Tasks of the contracting states

In the event of a nuclear accident, contracting states undertake to notify states which may or may actually be affected either directly or via the IAEA. The information to be submitted, which must be passed on to the IAEA in any case, includes:

  • The time, place and type of the nuclear accident,
  • The plant or activity concerned,
  • The actual or assumed cause of the accident,
  • A forecast of the development of the accident with regard to transboundary releases of radioactive substances,
  • General characteristics of the releases such as B. the nuclide vector,
  • Information on current meteorological and hydrological conditions and their forecast,
  • Radiological environmental monitoring data,
  • Information about planned and implemented protective measures and
  • Further release prognoses.

Technical implementation

To implement the Convention, the IAEA operates the web portal USIE ( English Unified System for Information Exchange ). National trade authorities ( English National Competent Authority ) to meet their information and reporting requirements in an emergency with the help of this web portal. Alternative messaging options and a description of other details are the appropriate manual of the IAEA ( English Operations Manual for Incident and Emergency Communication shown). In Germany, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety is the competent authority.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://iec.iaea.org/usie/actual/LandingPage.aspx , accessed November 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Publications/PDF/EPR_IEComm-2012_Web.pdf , accessed on November 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.bmub.bund.de/themen/atomenergie-strahlenschutz/strahlenschutz/notfallschutz/internationale-vereinigungen-fuer-den-notfallschutz/ , accessed on November 17, 2016.