Download - 1. Introduction 2. Primary Actions
3. Long term strategy and conclusion
The long term strategy focuses to building a Radionuclide identification laboratory using gammaspectrometric methods. For this purpose to be achieved, staff capacity building is needed as technicalassistance and expert advice have been obtained from the IAEA and the United States Department ofEnergy through the Global Threat Reduction Initiative already.
Key Points
The probability for the Burkina Faso local population to developdeterministic effects after Fukushima nuclear accident is almost zero.However, stochastic effects remain possible as the two countries haveconcluded bilateral and/or multilateral agreements, particularly in thefield of international trade in product for human or animalconsumption and the possibility for their people to travel to/fromJapan.
Therefore, the Burkina Faso Nuclear Safety Regulatory Body has locallyimplemented a strong and sustainable strategy to avoid any negativeimpact both to the environment and the health of population.
2. Primary Actions
In order to reduce the widespread fear of nuclear, firstmeasures were related to information addressed topolitical leaders, then population sensitization andopinion leaders information with regard to the accident.
After that, the legislative framework has been improvedin collaboration with the IAEA experts. Nuclear safety,security and safeguards obligations have been taken intoaccount for the revision of the existing law and someimprovement have been made, focusing on:
- Authorization licensing before food importationfrom Japan.
- In situ inspection in collaboration with customsand the National Public Health Laboratory priorto consumption or product sales in localmarkets.
- Compliance with the IAEA Code of Conductrelated to radiological analysis of food: with avery limited equipment, however!
Acknowledgment:Authors are grateful to the CTBTO S&T 2011 organizationcommittee and to the Government of Burkina Faso
1. Introduction
According to the CTBTO web site, instrumentsof ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty have been deposited byBurkina Faso on 17 April 2002; the country isthe 13th African state to ratify the Treaty.
In addition, it should be noted that, in 1998, aComprehensive Safeguard Agreement(INFCIRC/618) had been concluded with theInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), inaccordance with the commitment of thearticle III.1 of the Non Proliferation Treaty, asper IAEA document INFCIRC/153 (corrected).IAEA’s statutes have been ratified in1998, then National Safety Regulatory Bodyhas been created by law on 26 April 2005.
After Fukushima nuclear accident, actionsrelated to radiation protection, nuclearsecurity and safety had been undertaken.
(*) Autorité Nationale de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire03 BP 7044 Ouagadougou 03 – Burkina Faso
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Poster N° JS-P9CTBTO: Science and Technology 2011
