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Summary:
Adopted in 1986 following the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident, the Convention on the Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident establishes a notification system for nuclear accidents which could have significance. In case of an accident, the convention requires states to report the accident's time, location, radiation releases, and other data essential for assessing the situation. Notification is to be made to affected states directly or through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and to the IAEA itself. The five nuclear-weapon States (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and United States) have all declared their intent also to report accidents involving nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons tests.
For more in-depth information, please consult the Inventory of Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes, which can be found on the CNS website at: http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/index.htm.
China and the Convention:
China signed the convention on 26 September 1986 and ratified it on 10 September 1987. The convention entered into force on 11 October 1987.
For more on this and other agreements related to nuclear accidents, see:
[TEXT OF THE NUCLEAR ACCIDENT NOTIFICATION CONVENTION]
[CHINA AND THE NUCLEAR ACCIDENT ASSISTANCE CONVENTION]
For more on China and nuclear material protection, control, and accounting (MPC&A), see the following pages:
[CHINA'S ATTITUDE TOWARD NUCLEAR MATERIAL PROTECTION, CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING (MPC&A)]
[CHINA AND THE PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL CONVENTION]
[CHINA AND THE NUCLEAR SAFETY CONVENTION]
See also:
[CHINA AND THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)]
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