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Spain

Appendix 1 - International, Multilateral and Bilateral Agreements


In 1985, Spain adhered to the Treaties that constitute the European Communities and in the first January 1986 Spain became a European Communities Member State. From this moment, international and national legislation applicable in Spain is accomplished according to the rules of the European Union. Moreover, Spain is a Member State of the IAEA and of the OECD/NEA, whose Constitutive Treaties, Conventions and additional Treaties have been ratified.

 

Agreements with the IAEA
  • NPT related safeguards agreement INFCIRC/193

Accession:

5 April 1989

  • Project related safeguards agreement; INFCIRC/99

Entry into force:

23 June 1967

  • Additional Protocol (GOV/1998/30)

Signature:

22 September 1998

  • Improved procedures for designation of safeguards inspectors

Rejected, but as EC member

agreed to special procedure.

 
     
  • Supplementary agreement on provision of technical assistance  by the IAEA

Entry into force:

10 June 1980

  • Agreement on privileges and immunities

Entry into force:

21 May 1984

Other relevent international treaties

  • NPT

Entry into force:

5 November 1987

  • EURATOM

Member (1985)

  • CTBTO

Signed:

24 September 1996

Ratified:

31 July 1998

  • Convention on physical protection of nuclear material

Entry into force:

6 October 1991

  • Convention on early notification of a nuclear accident

Entry into force:

14 October 1989

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

Entry into force:

14 October 1989

  • Vienna convention on civil liability for nuclear damage

Signature:

6 September 1963

   
  • Paris convention on civil liability for nuclear damage

Signature:

31 October 1961

   
  • Protocol to amend the Paris convention on civil liability for nuclear damage

Ratification:

1988

   
  • Brussels supplementary to the Paris convention

Signature:

27 July 1966

   
  • Protocol to amend the Brussels supplementary convention

Ratification:

1988

 
     
  • Convention relating to civil liability in the field of maritime carriage of nuclear materials

Accession:

21 May 1974

   
  • Joint protocol

Signature:

21 September 1988

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

Not signed

 
     
  • Convention on supplementary compensation for nuclear damage

Not signed

 
  • Convention on nuclear safety

Entry into force:

24 October 1996

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

Entry into force:

18 June 2001

 

  • ZANGGER Committee

 

Member

  • Nuclear Export Guidelines

 

Adopted

  • Acceptance of NUSS Codes 

Summary:  Codes consistent with Spanish standards

  • Nuclear Suppliers Group

Member


Bilateral agreements

  • Co-operation agreements with France
  • Co-operation agreements with Germany
  • Co-operation agreements with Portugal
  • Co-operation agreements with United Kingdom
  • Co-operation agreements with Spanish speaking countries in America
  • Co-operation agreements with Brazil

 

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

 

National atomic energy authority

Ministerio de Economía

Paseo de la Castellana 160

E-28046 Madrid

Tel:  +34 91 583 74 00

Fax:  +34 91 349 60 45

http://www.mineco.es/

Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN)

Nuclear safety and radiological protection

Justo Dorado, 11

E-28040 Madrid

Tel:  +34 91 3460100

Fax:  +34 91 3460471

http://www.csn.es/

Main power utilities

Trillo 1 FRAMATOME OWNERS GROUP

http://www.cntrillo.es/

Vandellós II

http://www.cnv.es/

Other nuclear organisations

CIEMAT

Research and Development Centre

Avenida Complutense, 22

E-28040 Madrid

Tel:  +34-91-3466000

Fax:  +34-91-3466005

http://www.ciemat.es/index.html

UNESA

Asociación Española de la Industria Eléctrica

Francisco Gervás, 3

28020 Madrid

Tel:  +34 91 5674800

Fax:  +34 91-5674988

TECNATOM, S.A.

Service inspection and maintenance

Km.19 C.N. I Madrid-Irun

28709 SAN SEBASTIAN DE LOS REYES

Tel:  +34-91-6598600

Fax:  +34-91-6541531

DTN (Desarrollo Tecnológico Nuclear A.I.E.)

Projects associated with nuclear power plants

Glorieta de Quevedo, 9, 5º

28015  Madrid

Tel:  +34-91-5934566

Fax:  + 34-91-5934937

EMPRESARIOS AGRUPADOS A.I.E.

Architect-Engineering

Magallanes, 3

28015 Madrid

Tel:  +34-91-3098000

Fax:  +34-91-4450113

ENRESA

Back-end of the fuel cycle

Emilio Vargas, 7

28043 Madrid

Tel:  +34-91-5668100

Fax:  +34-91-5668169

ENUSA

Front-end of the fuel cycle

Santiago Rusiñol, 12

28040 Madrid

The LLS Project

Tel:  +34-91-3474200

Fax:  +34-91-3474215

http://www.gui.uva.es/~polyfemo/enusa/nusa.html

http://www.lls.ifae.es/

The EURATOM-CIEMAT

Association for fusion (Spain)

http://www-fusion.ciemat.es/

Nuclear Engineering Department

Polytechnical University of Madrid

http://www.din.upm.es/

Iberdrola

http://www.iberdrola.es/index.htm

Union Fenosa

http://www.uef.es/

Institute of Solar Energy

Polytechnical University of Madrid

http://www.ies-def.upm.es/

Spanish Nuclear Industry Forum

http://www.foronuclear.org/

Spanish Nuclear Society (SNE)

http://www.sne.es/


References

[1] España Anuario Estadístico 1998. Institutio Nacional de Estadística.

[2] La energía en España. Ministerio de Industria Y Energía 1998.

[3] Operación del sistema eléctrico. Informe 1998: Red Eléctrica de España.

[4] Fifth General Radioactive Waste Plan, Ministerio de Industria y Energía (July 1999).

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

[6] Data & Statistics/The Word Bank, www.wordbank.org/data.

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

This is an edited extract from the IAEA Country Nuclear Power Profile of Spain, compiled in 2003. The complete entry is available from the IAEA.

 

Last updated: 15 March 2006

 

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