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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Regulators decide against convention change

Regulators decide against convention change

Seventy-two countries party to the Convention on Nuclear Safety declared their intention to continuously improve in that area, while a proscriptive proposal to amend the convention did not gain consensus.
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Rafael Mariano Grossi, Argentina's ambassador to the IAEA, acted as president of the conference (Image: Dean Calma / IAEA)
The convention dates from 1994 when countries combined to agree common interest in maintaining high standards of safety at nuclear power facilities and create a framework for national regulators to exchange information and cooperate in their work.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Regulators-reject-convention-change-1102151.html

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