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Strengthening Radiation and Nuclear Safety Infrastructures in Countries of the Former USSR

AuteurIAEA
Datumseptember 1993
Classificatie 2.34.0.00/06 (RUSLAND - ALGEMEEN)
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FOREWORD

A Joint Secretariat of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) convened a Forum for information 
exchange on the strengthening of radiation and nuclear safety infrastructures in 
countries of the former USSR at IAEA Headquarters in Vienna from 4 to 7 May 1993. 
The Forum was attended by representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, 
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Republic of Moldova, the 
Russian Federation, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, experts from the Joint Secretariat, and 
observers from other States, intergovernmental agencies and organizations, including 
the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, the Commission of the European Communities 
(CEC), the Group of 24, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and 
the World Bank. These proceedings reflect the discussions at the Forum.
Radiation and nuclear safety in countries of the former USSR have acquired a 
particular urgency in the past few years. The new countries have arrangements based 
in the main on structures centralized in the Federal Government of the former USSR. 
The breakup of the USSR has had two effects: on the one hand, the removal of the 
central authority and the consequent need to develop or strengthen national 
authorities; and, on the other hand, a move towards the development of national 
legislation and standards. These issues have to be addressed by all governments of 
the newly independent States. The potential for radiation exposure and contamination 
incidents which could have serious consequences for the population, the environment 
and the economy of these nations underscores the necessity for adequate measures 
for which international co-operation and assistance are required. The scope and 
magnitude of the assistance needed are large.
For countries with nuclear power plants, there have already been international 
initiatives to improve the safety of their facilities. Technical assistance has been 
pursued both bilaterally and multilaterally. A basic co-ordination structure for these 
activities has been set up by the G-24 countries through the CEC. However, neither 
for those countries with nuclear power nor for those without has there been any co-
ordinated international initiative to deal with the more common problem of the safety 
of other facilities with radioactive material, such as research reactors, uranium 
mining and milling facilities, and installations containing radiation sources used in 
medicine, agriculture and industry.
Under this framework, a joint UNDP and IAEA initiative has been launched or a project 
on international co-operation and assistance to strengthen radiation protection 
and nuclear safety infrastructures in countries of the former USSR. The initiative is 
aimed to strengthen, in the short term, the overall national infrastructure for 
radiation protection as well as for nuclear safety, including the establishment of 
adequate legal frameworks, in order to fill the void which n ow exists.

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