Belarusian senators ratify amendment to Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material

MINSK, 19 April (BelTA) – The Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus has passed the bill on ratifying an amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM), BelTA has learned.

The amendment to the convention provides for expanding and adding requirements for ensuring physical protection of nuclear installations and materials during international transportation, during their usage, storage, and transportation inside the country. In turn, the state is entrusted with the responsibility for creating, operating, and maintaining such protection inside its territory.

The document touches upon matters of international cooperation in order to detect and suppress illegal movement of nuclear material, enable exchange of information between states about illegal actions in the making and targeting nuclear material and/or nuclear facilities, including sabotage, and matters of cooperation in returning stolen nuclear material.