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EXPERTS REACH BROAD AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR MOCIDENT ACCORDS ·
BY DAVID LEWIS. REUTERS
VIENNA, AUG 15, REUTER - LEGAL EXPERTS FROM 62 NATIONS HAVE REACHED BROAD AGREEMENT ON MOST ARTICLES OF TWO DRAFT ACCORDS ON EARLY NOTIFICATION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AFTER NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS, THE DUTCH AMBASSADOR TO AUSTRIA SAID TODAY.
LODEWIJK VAN GORKOM: CHAIRMAN OF THE FOUR-WEEK EXPERTS' MEETING ENDING HERE TODAY, SAID TALKS WERE CONTINUING ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH MILITARY INSTALLATIONS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT CONVENTIONS.
+BUT IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS I EXPECT AGREEMENTS TO BE ADOPTED WHICH WILL TO A VERY LARGE EXTENT COVER MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, + HE TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE.
+IF THIS WERE THE CASE -- AND I AM CONFIDENT IT WILL BE -- THIS WOULD SIGNAL AN ENORMOUS STEP FORWARD IN NUCLEAR SAFETY BUT ALSO IN THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.+
THE DRAFTS: TO GO BEFORE A MINISTERIAL MEETING HERE FROM SEPTEMBER 24, WILL SET OUT THE DUTIES OF STATES TO NOTIFY OTHER COUNTRIES AND THE VIENNA-BASED INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY CIRER) OF NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS LIKELY TO HAVE EFFECTS BEYOND THEIR OWN BORDERS, VAN GORKOM SAID.
THEY WILL ALSO SPELL OUT THE KIND OF INFORMATION TO BE SUBMITTED, THE FUNCTION OF THE IHER AFTER A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT, AND QUESTIONS GOVERNING THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE, PRIVILEGES FOR ASSISTING STATES AND THE REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS INCURRED.
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THE TALKS TOOK PLACE WITH THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER IN THE SOVIET UNION STILL FRESH IN MIND.
VAN GORKOM SAID THE TALKS WERE TAKING PLACE IN A GOOD AND EARNEST ATMOSPHERE, UNBEDEVILLED BY EAST-MEST PROBLEMS.
MEETINGS CALLED TO DRAFT INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS SOMETIMES
TOOK TWO YEARS OR MORE: HE NOTED.
SOURCES CLOSE TO THE CLOSED MEETING SAID THE QUESTION OF ACCIDENTS OCCURRING DURING THE TESTING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS ONE STUMBLING BLOCK FOR A BLANKET AGREEMENT.
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