From 11 to 13 March 2024, the IAEA promoted a nationwide workshop and a top-level conference in Kampala to talk about nuclear regulation and elevate recognition amongst authorities. This campaign sustains Uganda’s initiatives to abide by the pertinent global lawful tools under IAEA auspices and enhance its present nationwide lawful structure established by the 2008 Atomic Power Act. Collecting greater than 20 authorities, the nationwide workshop covered all major locations of nationwide and global nuclear regulation. Throughout 3 days, individuals and specialists participated in conversations regarding the global lawful structures for nuclear security, protection, safeguards and civil responsibility for nuclear damages.
” This workshop is extremely pertinent for the nationwide lawful structure of Uganda, and it places us in a refuge” stated Honorable Preacher Dr Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu, Ministry of Power and Mineral Growth. “We feel great to move on along with the IAEA”.
This objective aided to create an exchange in between specialists and individuals, not just on the major locations of nuclear regulation, however likewise regarding the present nationwide lawful structure to recognize voids and locations to be reinforced to sustain a nuclear power program. This occasion focused on educating and elevating understanding of the significance of sticking to the pertinent global lawful tools and the components of detailed nationwide nuclear regulations, along with strengthening cooperation in between the IAEA and Uganda. The objective concentrated on the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident, the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, the Convention on Nuclear Safety, the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and its Amendment, the pertinent nuclear responsibility tools taken on under IAEA auspices, and the lawful structure for IAEA Safeguards.
The conference collected high degree agents from the Ministry of Power and Mineral Growth, the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Matters, the Ministry of Protection and Expert Matters, the Ministry of Internal Matters, the Atomic Power Council, and the Chair of the Board on Atmosphere and Natural Resources.
This occasion was executed within the structure of the IAEA Legislative Assistance Programme under the Interregional Technical Participation task for legal aid.
This occasion was likewise carried out with the assistance of the USA with the Calm Utilizes Campaign (PUI) Fund, the Nuclear Protection Fund, extrabudgetary funds under the task “Advertise and Boost Execution of the Lawful Instruments Relevant to Radioactive Waste and Resources” and the task “Improving the Comprehending and Execution of the Convention on Nuclear Safety And Security”.
Dispersed by APO Team in support of International Atomic Power Firm (IAEA).
