The Convention on Nuclear Safety - A Fact Sheet
Description:
Until the catastrophic accident with the former Soviet Union's Chernobyl nuclear power plant showed that radioactivity from a major nuclear accident could reach neighboring nations, nuclear safety was held to be an exclusively sovereign responsibility of each nation. Now it is recognized that a nuclear accident in one state can release radioactivity dangerous to another. As a result, many now view international cooperation as one way to help to assure safe operation of each nation's civil nucle…
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Date:
May 16, 1996
Creator:
Behrens, Carl E. & Donnelly, Warren H.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department