The Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident is a 1986

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whereby states have agreed to provide notification of any nuclear accident that occur within its jurisdiction that could affect other states. It, along with the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, was adopted in direct response to the April 1986

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. By agreeing to the Convention, a state acknowledges that when any nuclear or radiation accident occurs within its territory that has the potential of affecting another state, it will promptly notify the IAEA and the other states that could be affected. The information to be reported includes the incident's time, location, and the suspected amount of radioactivity release. The Convention was concluded and signed at a special session of the IAEA general conference on 26 September 1986; the special session was called because of the

, which had occurred five months before. Significantly, the

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and the

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—the states that were responsible for the Chernobyl disaster—both signed the treaty at the conference and quickly ratified it. It was signed by 69 states and the Convention entered into force on 27 October 1986 after the third ratification. As of 2021, 115 state parties are full participants in the Convention, along with the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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. A further 8 states have signed the treaty but not ratified it -

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, and

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Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident
IAEA information page.
Text of the Convention

Signatures and ratifications
1986 in Austria Aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster International Atomic Energy Agency treaties * Treaties concluded in 1986 Treaties entered into force in 1986 Treaties of Albania Treaties of Algeria Treaties of Angola Treaties of Argentina Treaties of Armenia Treaties of Australia Treaties of Austria Treaties of Bahrain Treaties of Bangladesh Treaties of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Treaties of Belgium Treaties of Bolivia Treaties of Bosnia and Herzegovina Treaties of Botswana Treaties of Brazil Treaties of Burkina Faso Treaties of Cambodia Treaties of Cameroon Treaties of Canada Treaties of Chile Treaties of the People's Republic of China Treaties of Colombia Treaties of Costa Rica Treaties of Croatia Treaties of Cuba Treaties of Cyprus Treaties of the Czech Republic Treaties of Czechoslovakia Treaties of Denmark Treaties of the Dominican Republic Treaties of Egypt Treaties of El Salvador Treaties of Estonia Treaties of Finland Treaties of France Treaties of Gabon Treaties of Georgia (country) Treaties of West Germany Treaties of East Germany Treaties of Greece Treaties of Guatemala Treaties of Iceland Treaties of India Treaties of Indonesia Treaties of Iran Treaties of Ba'athist Iraq Treaties of Ireland Treaties of Israel Treaties of Italy Treaties of Japan Treaties of Jordan Treaties of Kazakhstan Treaties of South Korea Treaties of Kuwait Treaties of Laos Treaties of Latvia Treaties of Lebanon Treaties of Lesotho Treaties of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Treaties of Liechtenstein Treaties of Lithuania Treaties of Luxembourg Treaties of Malaysia Treaties of Mali Treaties of Mauritania Treaties of Mauritius Treaties of Mexico Treaties of Monaco Treaties of Montenegro Treaties of Morocco Treaties of Mozambique Treaties of Myanmar Treaties of the Netherlands Treaties of New Zealand Treaties of Nicaragua Treaties of Nigeria Treaties of Norway Treaties of Oman Treaties of Pakistan Treaties of Panama Treaties of Paraguay Treaties of Peru Treaties of the Philippines Treaties of Portugal Treaties of Qatar Treaties of Moldova Treaties of Romania Treaties of the Soviet Union Treaties of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Treaties of Saudi Arabia Treaties of Senegal Treaties of Serbia and Montenegro Treaties of Singapore Treaties of Slovakia Treaties of Slovenia Treaties of South Africa Treaties of Spain Treaties of Sri Lanka Treaties of Sweden Treaties of Switzerland Treaties of Tajikistan Treaties of Thailand Treaties of North Macedonia Treaties of Tunisia Treaties of Turkey Treaties of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Treaties of the United Arab Emirates Treaties of the United Kingdom Treaties of Tanzania Treaties of the United States Treaties of Uruguay Treaties of Venezuela Treaties of Vietnam Treaties entered into by the European Atomic Energy Community Treaties of Yugoslavia Treaties extended to the Faroe Islands Treaties extended to Greenland Treaties extended to Aruba Treaties extended to the Netherlands Antilles Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident Treaties entered into by the World Health Organization Treaties entered into by the Food and Agriculture Organization Treaties entered into by the World Meteorological Organization

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