Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (Early Notification Convention)
Ongoing

The Early Notification Convention establishes a notification system for nuclear accidents that have the potential for an international transboundary release of radioactive material that could be of radiological safety significance for another state.

  • Adopted: 26 September 1986
  • Opened for signature: 26 September 1986 (Vienna) and 6 October 1986 (New York)
  • Entered into force: 27 October 1986
  • Parties: 134 (including EURATOM, FAO, WHO and WMO) (see table below)

More information on the Early Notification Convention, including the text and current status, is available here.

The following articles related to the Early Notification Convention were published in the Nuclear Law Bulletin and Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law:

  • The IAEA Conventions on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident and on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, by B. Moser (NLB 44, p. 10). 
  • Inside nuclear baseball: Reflections on the development of the safety conventions, by C. Stoiber (NLB 100, p. 61).
  • The impact of the major nuclear power plant accidents on the international legal framework for nuclear power, by S.G. Burns (NLB 101, p. 7), updated in Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law, p. 83.
  • Responding to the call: Assessing international legal frameworks for response to incidents involving floating nuclear power plants, by J. Karcz (NLB 110, p. 37).
  • Nuclear fusion: Legal Aspects, by W. Tonhauser and K. T. Olajos (NLB 111, p. 57).

 

Parties to the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident

Albania El Salvador Malawi Senegal
Algeria Eritrea Malaysia Serbia
Angola Estonia Mali Singapore
Argentina* Finland* Mauritania Slovak Republic*
Armenia* France* Mauritius Slovenia*
Australia Gabon Mexico* South Africa*
Austria Georgia Moldova Spain*
Bahrain Germany Monaco Sri Lanka
Bangladesh Ghana Mongolia Sweden*
Belarus* Greece Montenegro Switzerland*
Belgium* Guatemala Morocco Syrian Arab Republic
Benin Hungary* Mozambique Tajikistan
Bolivia Iceland Myanmar Tanzania
Bosnia and Herzegovina India* Namibia Thailand
Botswana Indonesia Netherlands* Tunisia
Brazil* Iran* New Zealand Türkiye
Bulgaria* Iraq Nicaragua Turkmenistan
Burkina Faso Ireland Niger Ukraine*
Cambodia Israel Nigeria United Arab Emirates*
Cameroon Italy North Macedonia United Kingdom*
Canada* Japan* Norway United States*
Chile Jordan Oman Uruguay
China* Kazakhstan Pakistan* Venezuela
Colombia Korea* Panama Viet Nam
Congo Kuwait Paraguay Zimbabwe
Costa Rica Lao People's Democratic Republic Peru EURATOM
Côte d'Ivoire Latvia Philippines Food and Agriculture Organization
Croatia Lebanon Poland World Health Organization
Cuba Lesotho Portugal World Meteorological Organization
Cyprus Liberia** Qatar  
Czechia* Libya Romania*  
Denmark Liechtenstein Russia*  
Dominican Republic Lithuania Rwanda  
Ecuador Luxembourg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  
Egypt Madagascar Saudi Arabia  

* Country with at least one nuclear power plant in operation.