Today at the irregular session of the Parliament was planned to approve complex draft law on joining the 1997 Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.
However over 30 residents were gathered at Chinggis square and expressed their protest against joining the 1997 Joint Convention.
Due to the residents brought yellow powder and poured it on the ground, polices considered the powder as an uranium and took the demonstrators. Emergency Management Agency is investigating the powder whether it is uranium or not.
The Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was adopted on 5 September 1997 by 84 states at a diplomatic conference convened at Vienna by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It is the first treaty to address radioactive waste management on a global scale.
Press Department of the Parliament stated that according to the Article 12 of the Convention, countries joined the convention must accept the country`s ban on importing the spent fuel and radioactive waste management used by another countries.
Today at the irregular session of the Parliament was planned to approve complex draft law on joining the 1997 Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.
However over 30 residents were gathered at Chinggis square and expressed their protest against joining the 1997 Joint Convention.
Due to the residents brought yellow powder and poured it on the ground, polices considered the powder as an uranium and took the demonstrators. Emergency Management Agency is investigating the powder whether it is uranium or not.
The Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was adopted on 5 September 1997 by 84 states at a diplomatic conference convened at Vienna by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It is the first treaty to address radioactive waste management on a global scale.
Press Department of the Parliament stated that according to the Article 12 of the Convention, countries joined the convention must accept the country`s ban on importing the spent fuel and radioactive waste management used by another countries.