India's first report on safety of civilian nuclear power plants was presented on Thursday at the Convention of Nuclear Safety at Vienna by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board Chairman S K Sharma.
India's complete compliance with obligations under all the relevant articles of the convention in a 206-page report was presented by Sharma at the International Atomic Energy Agency, AERB Secretary Om Pal Singh told PTI in Mumbai.
CNS, which began on April 14, devoted one full day on Thursday to India, Singh said.
Highlights of the report included legislative regulatory framework in India and co-operation with international nuclear regulatory bodies, he said, adding the report is available for public at www.aerb.gov.in.
Sharma was accompanied by 17 top officials from Nuclear Power Corporation of India, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and AERB.
The CNS was adopted in June 1994. The convention was drawn up during a series of expert-level meetings from 1992 to 1994 and was the result of considerable work by governments, national nuclear safety authorities and the IAEA Secretariat.
India signed the convention in 1994 and ratified it in 2005 becoming eligible for presenting the national report on safety of civilian nuclear plants, Singh said.
CNS' aim is to legally commit participating states operating land-based nuclear power plants to maintain a high level of safety by setting international benchmarks to which states would subscribe.
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