UAE nuclear safety methodology hailed

The delegates participating in the 5th Review Meeting of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) have hailed the methodology adopted by the UAE for nuclear safety as “distinguished and comprehensive”.

The two-week meeting held in Austrian capital Vienna concluded on Thursday April 14, 2011.

The UAE had presented at the meeting its plans on nuclear safety. The UAE delegation to the CNS 5th Review Meeting was headed by Hamad Al Kaabi, the UAE's Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and included senior officials from the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), the Critical National Infrastructure Authority (CNIA), the National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA) and Khalifa University.

Al Kaabi said that UAE's representation was welcomed with great interest by other members and it was heartening to see such enthusiasm from others about the UAE's nuclear programme and nuclear safety plans.

"There has been a great deal of interaction between the UAE delegation and other delegations participating in the conference. Nuclear safety enjoys the paramount priority in the nuclear programme of the UAE", Al Kaabi said.

During the meetings, the delegations from 61 of the 72 countries that are "Contracting Parties" to the Convention discussed long-term safety issues, as well as the unfolding nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan.

The Contracting Parties stated that the learning process following the Fukushima accident will continue as more information is acquired and analysed.
 

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