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10 INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION

India is signatory to several international
conventions related to nuclear safety and security such
as Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS), Convention
on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and its
2005 Amendment, Convention on Assistance in the
case of Nuclear Damage and Radiological Emergency,
Convention on early notification of nuclear accident
etc. India is also committed to implement the provisions
of Code of Conduct on safety of research reactors and
code on safety and security of radioactive sources.
AERB is obliged to fulfil the responsibilities assigned to
it under these instruments. AERB actively participates
and contributes in several multi-lateral international
platforms working for promotion of nuclear and
radiological safety.

AERB also has bilateral cooperation arrangement
with the regulatory bodies of other countries for
information exchange and experience sharing related
to regulation of nuclear and radiation safety. AERB
has bilateral arrangements with the nuclear regulatory
authorities of France, Russia, Romania, Ukraine, the
United States of America, Finland, Canada, Bangladesh
and the United Kingdom. AERB also has an agreement
with IRSN, which is a Technical Support Organisation
in France. Some of the important activities undertaken Shri. G. Nageswara Rao, Chairman AERB, during interaction
under the multilateral and bilateral international with Dy. Director General, IAEA on the sidelines of General
cooperation activities during the year are brought out in Conference
following paras. Shri Rao attended the Senior Safety and Security
Regulators Meeting on September 19, 2019. Sessions
10.1 STRENGTHENING NUCLEAR SAFETY AND were held on ‘Managing Regulatory Competence for
SECURITY Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Security’ to obtain Member
States’ perspectives and on ‘Application of the Concept
10.1.1 IAEA General Conference of Graded approach in Core Regulatory Functions’.

Shri G. Nageswara Rao, Chairman, AERB attended 10.1.2 Conference on ‘Effective Nuclear and
the 63 Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference Radiation Regulatory Systems’
rd
and the Senior Safety and Security Regulators’ Meeting
held during September 16 - 20, 2019 at Vienna, Austria. IAEA in cooperation with the European Commission/
The delegation was led by Shri K. N. Vyas, Secretary, Joint Research Centre organised an International
DAE and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission Conference on ‘Effective Nuclear and Radiation
(AEC), GOI. Regulatory Systems: Working Together to Enhance

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