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Netherlands


Appendix 1 - International, Multilateral and Bilateral Agreements

The following is a list of International Conventions and Bilateral Agreements signed/ratified by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the field of Nuclear Co-operation.

Agreements with the IAEA

Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

26 October 1956

20 July 1957

Agreement on Privileges and Immunities

Entry into force:

29 August 1963

Amendment of the IAEA statute

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

27 September 1984

11 July 1985

NPT related agreement INFCIRC/193

Entry into force:

21 February 1977

Additional protocol to the agreement between the NNWS, Euratom and the IAEA for the application of safeguards (GOV/1998/28)

Signed:

22 September 1998

Improved procedures for designation of safeguards inspectors

Proposals rejected but agreed to special procedure

16 February 1989

Supplementary agreement on provision of technical assistance by the IAEA

Entry into force:

 

International treaties

Paris convention on third party liability in the field of nuclear energy

Entry into force:

Ratification date

29 July 1960

28 December 1979

Additional protocol to the Paris convention of 31 January 1963 supplementary to the convention Third Party Liability

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

28 January 1964

28 September 1979

Amendment to the Paris convention on third party liability in the field of nuclear energy

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

16 November 1982

1 August 1991

NPT

Entry into force:

2 May 1975

Convention on physical protection of nuclear material

Entry into force:

6 October 1991

Convention on early notification of a nuclear accident.

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

24 October 1991
23 September 1991

Joint protocol relating to the application of the Vienna and the Paris conventions

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

21 September 1988

1 August 1991

Convention on assistance in the case of a nuclear accident or radiological emergency

Entry into force:

24 October 1991

Vienna convention on civil liability for nuclear damage

Non Party

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

Not signed

 

Convention on supplementary compensation for nuclear damage

Not signed

 
Joint protocol

Entry into force:

27 April 1992

Convention on nuclear safety

Entry into force:

13 January 1997

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

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

18 June 2001

26 April 2000

ZANGGER committee

Member

 
Nuclear export guidelines

Adopted

 

Acceptance of NUSS codes

Summary: Serve as basis for national requirements. Design, Operation and QA Codes (once adapted) introduced into regulatory framework

 

6 September 1989

Partial Test-Ban Treaty

Entry into force:

14 September 1964

Nuclear Suppliers Group

Member

 

Other relevant international treaties

European Atomic Energy Community

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

25 March 1957

13 December 1957

EURATOM

Member

 

Security control in the field of nuclear energy

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

20 December 1957

9 July 1959

European Company for the chemical processing of irradiated fuels (Eurochemic)

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

20 December 1957

9 July 1959

Establishment at Petten of the Joint Nuclear Research Centre

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

25 July 1961

30 October 1962

Civil liability in the field of maritime carriage of nuclear material

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

17 December 1971

1 August 1991

Multilateral agreements

Netherlands, Germany and England on collaboration in the development and exploitation of the gas centrifuge process for producing enriched uranium

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

4 March 1970

18 June 1971

Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom and the USA regarding protection of information transferred into the USA in connection with the initial phase of a project for the establishment of a uranium enrichment installation in the USA based upon the gas centrifuge process developed within the three countries

Entry into force:

4 November 1990

Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom and the USA regarding the establishment, construction and operation of a uranium enrichment installation in the USA

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

8 July 1993

21 March 1993

Exchange of Notes between the Netherlands and the United States concerning the application of non-proliferation assurances to low enriched uranium supplied to Taiwan. Signed: 21 July 1999

   

Bilateral agreements

   
Kingdom of the Netherlands and Brazil Application of safeguards to proposed exports to Brazil of uranium enriched in the Kingdom of the Netherlands by Urenco

Entry into force:

1 September 1978

Kingdom of the Netherlands and Germany concerning exports of enriched uranium to Brazil

Entry into force:

4 September 1978

Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom concerning reprocessing of certain quantities of irradiated nuclear fuel

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

12 September 1978

30 June 1981

Kingdom of the Netherlands and France concerning reprocessing of certain quantities of irradiated nuclear fuel

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

29 May 1979

17 August 1981

Extension of the agreement of 4 April 1990 regarding protection of information transferred into the United States

Entry into force:

Ratification date:

5 April 1991

7 July 1992

 

 

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

National authorities

Ministry of Economic Affairs                           

Bezuidenhoutseweg 30

Postbus 20101

2500 EC 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands

Tel.:+31-70-379.89.11

Fax:+31-70-347.40.81

http://www.ez.nl/

Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment

Anna van Hannoverstraat 4

P.O. Box 90801

2509 LV The Hague, The Netherlands

Tel.: +31-70-333.44.44

Fax: +31-70-333.40.33

Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM)

Rijnstraat 8                                                  

P.O. Box 20951                                            

2500 EZ The Hague, The Netherlands             

Tel.: +31-70-339.39.39

Fax: +31-70-339. 13.55

Directorate-general of the Environment

Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Division

Rijnstraat 8

P.O. Box 30945

2500 GX The Hague, The Netherlands

Tel.: +31-70-339.45.94

Fax: +31-70-339.13.14

Nuclear research institute

NRG Petten                                                  

Westerduinweg 3

P.O. BOX 25

1755ZG Petten, The Netherlands

Tel.: +31 224 564082

Fax: + 31 224 563912

http://www.nrg-nl.com/index.html

Other nuclear organisations

International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA)

http://irpa.sfrp.asso.fr/

The Netherlands Nuclear Society (NNS)

http://www.ecn.nl/society/nns/

IRI

TU-Delft, Mekelweg 15

2629 JB Delft, P.O. Box 5042

2629 JB Delft, the Netherlands

Tel.: +31-15-278.67.12

Fax:+31-15-278.64.22

COVRA 

Spanjeweg 1

4455 TW Nieuwdorp

P.O. Box 202

4380 AE Vlissingen, The Netherlands

Tel.: +31-113-61.39.00

Fax: +31-113-61.39.50

KEMA N.V.

Utrechtseweg 310

P.O. Box 9035

6800 ET Arnhem, The Netherlands                 

Tel.:+31-26-356.91.11

Fax:+31-26- 351.80.92/351.56.06

SEP N.V.           

Utrechtseweg 310

Postbus 575

6800 EN Arnhem, The Netherlands

Tel.: +31-26-372. 11.11

Fax: +31-26-443.08.58/351.59.17

STORK-NUCON B.V.

Radarweg 60

P.O. Box 58026

1040 HA Amsterdam, The Netherlands            

Tel.: +31-20-580.77.07

Fax: +31-20-580.70.44

GKN N.V.

Waalbankdijk 112a

P.O. Box 40

6669 ZG Dodewaard, The Netherlands

Tel.: +31-448-41.88.11

Fax: +31 448-41.21.28

URENCO                                                      

Planthofseweg 77

P.O. Box 158

7600 AD Almelo           

Tel.: +31-546-54.54.54

Fax: +31-546-81 82 96

http://www.urenco.nl/

Other organisations

Netherlands Energy and Research Foundation 

(ECN)                                                          

Westerduinweg 1

P.O. Box 1

56.34.90/56.44.80

1755 ZG Petten, The Netherlands

Tel.:+31-224-56.49.49

Fax:+31-224-

http://www.ecn.nl/main.html

European Association for Grey Literature Exploitation (EAGLE/SIGLE) 

http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/sigle/ea/index.html

Elsevier Science

http://www.elsevier.nl/

FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics, Rijnhuizen

http://www.rijnh.nl/

World Information Service on Energy (WISE)

http://www.antenna.nl/wise/

The Chemical Weapons Convention (OCPW)

http://www.opcw.nl/

 

References

[1] Nuclear Energy Act, Bulletin of Acts Orders and Decrees, 82, 1963 as revised 1994.

[2] National Report of the Netherlands under the Convention on Nuclear Safety, The Hague, 28 September 1998 15-27.

[3] Dossier on Nuclear Energy of 15 November 1993 (TK '93-'94, 21.666 nr. 8).

[4] IAEA, Energy an d Economic Data Base (EEDB).

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

[6] 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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