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... AWARE that nuclear activities are being carried out in a number of States, ...
... NOTING that comprehensive measures have been and are being take to ensure a high level of safety in nuclear activities, aimed at preventing nuclear accidents and minimizing the consequences of any such accident, should it occur, ...
... NOTING that comprehensive measures have been and are being take to ensure a high level of safety in nuclear activities, aimed at preventing nuclear accidents and minimizing the consequences of any such accident, should it occur, ...
... DESIRING to strengthen further international co-operation in the safe development and use of nuclear energy, ...
... CONVINCED of the need for States to provide relevant information about nuclear accidents as early as possible in order that transboundary radiological consequences can be minimized, ...


ARTICLE-1: Scope of application     [go to this ARTICLE]
... any nuclear reactor wherever located; ...
... any nuclear fuel cycle facility; ...
... the transport and storage of nuclear fuels or radioactive wastes; ...


ARTICLE-2: Notification and information     [go to this ARTICLE]
... In the event of an accident specified in article 1 (hereinafter referred to as a "nuclear accident"), the State Party referred to in that article shall: ...
... forthwith notify, directly or though the International Atomic Energy Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency"), those States which are or may be physically affected as specified in article 1 and the Agency of the nuclear accident, its nature, the time of its occurrence and its exact location where appropriate; and ...


ARTICLE-3: Other Nuclear Accidents     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Other Nuclear Accidents ...
... With a view to minimizing the radiological consequences, States Parties may notify in the event of nuclear accidents other than those specified in article 1. ...


ARTICLE-5: Information to be provided     [go to this ARTICLE]
... the time, exact location where appropriate, and the nature of the nuclear accident; ...
... the assumed or established cause and the foreseeable development of the nuclear accident relevant to the transboundary release of the radioactive materials; ...


ARTICLE-8: Assistance to States Parties     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The Agency shall, in accordance with its Statute and upon a request of a State Party which does not have nuclear activities itself and borders on a State having an active nuclear programme but not Party, conduct investigations into the feasibility and establishment of an appropriate radiation monitoring system in order to facilitate the achievement of the objectives of this Convention. ...
... The Agency shall, in accordance with its Statute and upon a request of a State Party which does not have nuclear activities itself and borders on a State having an active nuclear programme but not Party, conduct investigations into the feasibility and establishment of an appropriate radiation monitoring system in order to facilitate the achievement of the objectives of this Convention. ...