Legal framework and nuclear liability

The Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (Vienna Convention), IAEA, Vienna, originated in 1963, entered into force in November 1977 (IAEA, 1977/2), INFCIRC/500, dated March 1996, including the Optional Protocol Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes to the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, IAEA, Vienna, October 1999 (IAEA, 1999/2), INFCIRC/500/Add.3 and Add.5 from November 2002 showing the newest status and the Protocol to Amend the 1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, with Annex, Vienna, July 1998 (IAEA, 1998/1), INFCIRC/566.

Additional information sources Nuclear safeguards

IAEA Safeguards Glossary, 2001 edn, International Nuclear Verification Series No. 3

Safeguards Techniques and Equipment, 2003 Edition, International Nuclear Verification, Series No. 1 (Revised)

Agreement between the Republic of Argentina, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC) and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards (Reproduced in INFCIRC/435)

Verification Agreement between the IAEA and the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) (Reproduced in INFCIRC/193)

Guidelines for Nuclear Transfers, 1993 Revision of NSG London Guidelines (Also see Nuclear Suppliers Group web pages)

Status of Safeguards Agreements & Additional Protocols, from the IAEA website