International Atomic Energy Agency THE “EMERGENCY CONVENTIONS” Interregional Training Course on Technical Requirements to Fulfil National Obligations in

International Atomic Energy Agency

THE “EMERGENCY CONVENTIONS”

Interregional Training Course on Technical Requirements to Fulfil National Obligations in Terms of International Legal Instruments (Joint

Convention, Code of Conduct and EU Directives) for the Safe Management of DSRS

Tunis, Tunisia16 - 20 February 2015


Content

• International Conventions• IAEA obligations under the Conventions • IAEA IEC mission statement• Operational arrangements• Joint Plan of International Organisations• IAEA’s role relative to the JPLAN



Nuclear and radiological emergencies

• Accidents do occur• Current threats and developments have to be considered• RESPONSE IS NECESSARY• TO RESPOND NEED PREPARATION


International Conventions

• Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (114 parties including FAO, WHO, WMO, EURATOM)

• Convention on Assistance in Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (108 parties including FAO, WHO, WMO, EURATOM)


Notification Convention

• Date of adoption: 26 September 1986• Depositary: IAEA• Scope of Application

• in the event of any accident involving facilities or activities of a State Party from which a release of radioactive material occurs or is likely to occur and which has resulted or may result in an international transboundary release that could be of radiological safety significance for another State

• Places obligations on State Parties and IAEA Secretariat


Notification Convention Response Obligations

• Forthwith notify potentially affected States and relevant international organizations

• Promptly provide additional information• time, location and nature of event • facility or activity involved• assumed or established cause• general characteristics of radioactive release• meteorological conditions• monitoring data• protective actions, and• predicted behavior of radioactive release


Notification ConventionPreparedness Obligations

• State Parties• make known their competent authorities and

point of contacts• National Warning Points should be available

continuously (24 h/day and 7 days/week)

• IAEA• keep, maintain and distribute list of contact

points and competent authorities to all Parties


Assistance Convention

• Date of adoption: 26 September 1986

• Depositary: IAEA

• Places obligations on State Parties and IAEA Secretariat


Assistance ConventionResponse Obligations

• State Party may call for assistance in event of nuclear accident or radiological emergency to minimize its consequences and to protect life, property and environment

• Agency shall make available appropriate resources, transmitting request to other States Party and international organizations and to co-ordinate assistance on international level, if so requested


Assistance ConventionPreparedness Obligations

• IAEA• Keeps, maintains and distributes contact point list• Collects & disseminates information concerning

experts, equipment, materials and methodologies• Assists, on request, with preparing emergency

plans, training programs etc.• Makes available resources to conduct initial

assessment, offer its good offices and maintain liaison with relevant international organizations


Meeting of representatives of competent authorities identified under the conventions

• Conducted every two years (next one, 2016)

• All States Party and IAEA Member States invited

• Supported if possible • Forum for exchanging ideas, information and

new initiatives, e.g., response arrangements, exercise, guidance documents

• States Party elect their regional representatives (NCA Coordinating Group)


Incident and Emergency Centre – IEC

Global focal point for international preparedness and response to nuclear and radiological safety or security

related incidents, emergencies, threats or events of media interest

and

world’s centre for coordination of international assistance


Basis for IEC Activities (a)

IEC Activities based on:• IAEA Statute• Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear

Accident• Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear

Accident or Radiological Emergency • Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear

Material


Basis for IEC Activities (b)

IEC Activities based on:• Safety standards• Decisions of policymaking bodies

• GOV/2011/59 – IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety,• GOV/1999/15 – Financing of the Agency Obligations under the CENNA and CACNARE, including

the provision of assistance by the Agency in the event of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency

• Inter – agency agreements• Best international practice


Operational Arrangements

REPLIE IEComm JPLAN RANET


Operational ArrangementsMember States – IEComm

• IEComm • interface with IAEA within

framework of Early Notification and Assistance Conventions

• expectations regarding exchange of official information and timely provision of assistance


Operational ArrangementsInternational Organizations – JPLAN

• JPLAN describes• Inter-agency framework for

preparedness and response to an actual, potential or perceived nuclear or radiological emergency irrespective of its cause


IACRNE

• Inter-Agency Committee on Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies - IACRNE

• Its membership comprised all relevant UN agencies and organizations

• Co-ordination mechanism• Joint Radiation Emergency Management

Plan of the International Organizations• IAEA provides secretariat


IACRNE Membership

• Committee is composed of

• Participating organizations – co-sponsors of JPLAN

• Corresponding organizations – status of observers

EC

EUROPOL

FAO

IAEA

ICAO

INTERPOL

IMO

OECD/NEA

PAHO

UNEP

OCHA

OOSA

UNSCEAR

WHO

WMO

CTBTO


Concept of Operations

• IAEA coordinates response to radiation emergencies, distributes information

• OCHA coordinates humanitarian response• WHO and PAHO coordinates public health

response• Release of public information is coordinated• Level of response of participating

organizations depends on many factors


IAEA’s Role

• Receives notification of emergency• Triggers system activation• Establishes primary functional links with reporting

State, affected States• Establishes functional links with relevant

international organizations (IAEA bilateral protocols with FAO, WHO, WMO)

• Acts as focal organization for response coordination

• Coordinate international assistance


Emergency Information Exchange

WMO

Notifying State

IAEA

EUROPOLRegional offices

Regional offices

EC

INTERPOL

IMO

ICAO

OECD/NEAUNEP

UNSCEAR

PAHO

WHO

FAO

OOSA

REMPAN

RSMCs

If security element

If appropriate

If space object re-entry

All States

EUAdditionally, if EU Member State, Croatia

or Switzerland

Notification or advisory

Authentication and verification


Additional notification, if EU Member States, Croatia or Switzerland


If space object re-entry

Arrangements – aircraft in flight

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Coordination with other organizations for humanitarian assistance in disasters and complex emergencies

Corresponding organizations

OCHA

Additionally if space object re-entry

CTBTO


Public Info Coordination

• Relevant organizations coordinate, consult with each other and agree to extend possible on content of any media release

• IACRNE maintains list of PIOs in participating organizations

• Public Info Coordination procedure in development


International Assistance

• Provision of international assistance through IAEA will follow process of

IAEA’s Response and

Assistance Network RANET


Documents

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