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Mexico

 

Appendix 1 - International, Multilateral and Bilateral Agreements

Agreements with the IAEA    
NPT and Tlatelolco related safeguards agreement. INFCIRC No: 197

Entry into force:

14 September 1973

Additional Protocol

Not signed

 
Improved procedures for designation of safeguards inspectors

Accepted:

27 February 1989

Supplementary agreement on provision of technical assistance by the IAEA

Entry into force:

4 June 1981

ARCAL

Entry into force:

April 1988

New ARCAL Agreement

Ratification:

7 August 2000

Agreement on the privileges and immunities of the IAEA

Entry into force:

19 October 1983

Other relevant international treaties
NPT

Entry into force:

21 January 1969

Tlatelolco

Entry into force:

20 September 1967

Convention on the physical protection of nuclear material

Entry into force:

4 May 1988

Convention on early notification of nuclear accidents

Entry into force:

10 June 1988

Convention on assistance in the caseof a nuclear accident or radiological  emergency

Entry into force:

10 June 1988

Vienna convention on civil liability for nuclear damage

Entry into force:

25 July 1989

Joint Protocol

Non-Party

 
Protocol to amend the Vienna convention on civil liability  for nuclear damage

Not signed

 
Convention on nuclear safety

Entry into force:

24 October 1996

Convention on supplementary compensation for nuclear damage

Not signed

 
Joint convention on the safety of spent fuel management and on the safety of radioactive waste management

Not signed

 
ZANGGER Committee

Non-member

 
Nuclear export guidelines

Not Adopted

 
Acceptance of NUSS

Summary: Codes should be used codes as guidelines in preparation and application of national requirements. Mexican nuclear safety legislation is in conformity with codes

11 April 1990

Multilateral agreements

Standard agreement concerning technical assistance to Mexico

Entry into force:

Parties:

23 July 1963

- United Nations Organization (ONU).

- International Labour Organization (ILO).

- Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO).

- United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

- World Health Organization (WHO).

- International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

- World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

- Universal Postal Union (UPU).

Transfer of enriched uranium for a research reactor

Entry into force:

Parties:

18 December 1963

Mexico, USA, IAEA

Lease of source material for a subcritical assembly

Entry into force:

Parties:

20 June 1966

Mexico, USA, IAEA

Lease of source material for a subcritical facility

Entry into force:

Parties:

23 August 1967

Mexico, USA, IAEA

Transfer of a training reactor and enriched uranium

Entry into force

Parties:

21 December 1971

Mexico, Germany, IAEA

Second supply agreement for transferof enriched uranium for a research reactor

Entry into force:

Parties:

4 October 1972

Mexico, USA, IAEA

Supply of uranium enrichment services

Entry into force:

Parties:

12 February 1974

Mexico, USA, IAEA

Second supply agreement for supply of uranium enrichment  services for a second reactor unit

Entry into force:

Parties:

14 June 1974

Mexico, USA, IAEA

Transfer of title to natural uranium

Entry into force:

Parties:

23 May 1989

Mexico, USA, IAEA

Plan of operation for a UN Special Fund project in Latin America (Eradication of Mediterranean Fruit Fly).

Entry into force:

Parties:

29 July 1965

Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, UN Special Fund, IAEA

Plan of operation for a UNDP  project in Latin America, Amendment N1 1.

Entry into force:

Parties:

31 July 1968

Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, UN Special Fund, IAEA
Preliminary study of a nuclear electric power and desalting plant.

Entry into force:

Parties:

7 October 1965

Mexico, USA, IAEA

Agreement concerning provision of a dose assurance service by IAEA to irradiation facilities in its Members States (Exchange of letters).

Entry into force:

Parties:

18 September 1985

Mexico, India, Syria, Argentina, Philippines, Malaysia, Belgium, Chile, Switzerland, Egypt, Hungary, Thailand, South Africa, Korea, Republic of, Algeria, Netherlands,Lebanon, Singapore, Denmark, Yugoslavia, Brazil, China.

Bilateral agreements

Agreement between the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of Australia concerning co-operation in peaceful uses of nuclear energy and the transfer of nuclear material. 

Signed on:

Entered into force:

28 February, 1992.

1 Oct 1992.

Agreement between the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of Canada for Co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. 

Signed in

Entered into force on:

16 November, 1994.

9 May 1995.

Appendix 2 - Directory of the main organisations, instituions and companies involved in nuclear power-related activites

National energy authorities

Ministry of Energy (SE)

Av. Insurgentes Sur N1 552

Col. Roma Sur

México, D.F.

Tel.:  +525-564-97-56

Fax:  +525-574-10-10

http://www.energia.gob.mx/ingles/index.html

Federal Electricity Commission (CFE)

Salamanca N1 102

Col. Roma

México, D.F.

Tel.:  +525-229-54-90

Fax:  +525-525-22-35

National Commission on Nuclear Safety and Safeguards (CNSNS)

Dr. Barrag an N1 779

Col. Narvarte

México, D.F.

Tel.:  +525-590-41-81

Fax:  +525-590-61-03

http://www.cnsns.gob.mx/

Nuclear research institutes

National Institute of Nuclear Research (ININ)

Carretera Federal México-Toluca Km. 36.5

Salazar, Edo. de México

Tel.:  +525-521-94-02

Fax:  +525-521-37-98

http://www.inin.mx/

Electric Research Institute (IIE)

Av. Reforma N1 113

Col. Palmira

Temixco, Morelos

Tel.:  91 (73) 18-38-11

Fax:  91 (73) 18-25-21

http://www.iie.org.mx/

Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares (UNAM)

http://luthien.nuclecu.unam.mx/

Other organisations  

Comisión Federal de Electricidad

http://www.cfe.gob.mx/

Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL)

http://www.opanal.org/

Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo (IMP)

http://www.imp.mx/

References

[1] Crónica del Gobierno de Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Síntesis e Indice Temático, Primera Edición, Presidencia de la República, Unidad de la Crónica Presidencial, Editorial Fondo de Cultura Económica, México, D.F.

[2] El Sector Energético en México, Edición 1994, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática, México, D.F., 1994, 295 p.p.

[3] Balance Nacional de Energía 1993, Secretaría de Energía, Minas e Industria Paraestatal, México, D.F., 1994, 72 p.p.

[4] Informe de Labores, 1993-1994, Petróleos Mexicanos, Talleres Gráficos de México, México, D.F., 1994, 146 p.p.

[5] Informe de Labores, 1993-1994, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Talleres Gráficos de México, México, D.F., 1994, 64 p.p.

[6] Informe de Labores, 1993-1994, Secretaría de Energía, Minas e Industria Paraestatal, Talleres Gráficos de México, México, D.F., 1994, 95 p.p.

[7] Informe de Labores, 1993-1994, Luz y Fuerza del Centro, Talleres Gráficos de México, México, D.F., 1994, 63 p.p.

[8] Informe de Labores, 1993-1994, Comisión Federal de Electricidad, Talleres Gráficos de México, México, D.F., 1994, 124 p.p.

[9] Informe de Labores, 1993-1994, Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas, Talleres Gráficos de México, México, D.F., 1994, 75 p.p.

[10] Informe de Labores, 1993-1994, Secretaría de Gobernación, Talleres Gráficos de México, México, D.F., 1994, 124 p.p.

[11] Informe deLabores, 1993-1994, Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, Talleres Gráficos de México, México, D.F., 1994, 90 p.p.

[12] Avance de Información Económico Producto Interno Bruto Nominal Trimestral, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática, México, D.F., 1994.

[13] Estados Unidos Mexicanos Perfil Sociodemográfico, XI Congreso General de Población y Vivienda, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática, Garza, Gustavo y Rivera, Salvador.

[14] Dinámica macroeconómica de las ciudades en México, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática y Colegio de México, México, D.F., 120 p.p.

[15] Agreements Registerd with the International Atomic Energy Agency, Eleventh Edition, Legal Series N1 3, IAEA, Vienna, Austria, 1993, 278 p.p.

[16] Data & Statistics/The World Bank, www.worldbank.org/data.

[17] IAEA Energy and Economic Data Base (EEDB).

[18] IAEA Power Reactor Information System (PRIS).

 

This is an edited extract from the IAEA Country Nuclear Power Profiles. The complete entry is available from the IAEA.

 

Last updated: 15 March 2006

 

 

 

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