ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 1. Kazakhstan’s lower house of parliament, the Mazhilis, has ratified a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) agreement on the cross-border transport of radioactive materials, signed on November 6, 2020, Trend reports via the parliament.
The deal is set to tighten the reins on safety and oversight of radioactive shipments, sidestep any unnecessary hiccups, and get member states on the same page to keep transport operations running.
In accordance with the stipulations of the accord, logistics
operations will be executed pursuant to contractual frameworks or
supplementary documentation that adheres to both global benchmarks
and the regulatory statutes of the CIS jurisdictions. Logistics
providers are mandated to secure the necessary authorizations
across the exporting, transit, and receiving jurisdictions.
The agreement further delineates the imperative physical
safeguarding protocols for radioactive substances, ensuring
compliance with the benchmarks established by the 1979 Convention
on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear
Facilities, which must not be compromised.
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