Resolution
A. 853(20)
AMENDMENTS
TO THE CODE FOR THE SAFE CARRIAGE OF IRRADIATED NUCLEAR FUEL, PLUTONIUM AND
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES IN FLASKS ON BOARD SHIPS
(Adopted on 27 November 1997)
THE ASSEMBLY,
RECALLING
Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Assembly in relation to regulations and
guidelines concerning maritime safety, the prevention and control of marine
pollution from ships, and other matters concerning the effect of shipping on
the marine environment,
RECALLING further resolution A.748(18) by which the Assembly
adopted the Code for the Safe Carriage of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel, Plutonium
and High-level Radioactive Wastes in Flasks on Board Ships (INF Code) and, at
the same time, requested the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) and the Marine
Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), in consultation with the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to keep the INF Code under regular review and to
amend it as necessary,
RECALLING
ALSO resolution A.790(19) in which the Assembly, after consideration of the
report on the progress of work made to it, again requested the MSC and MEPC, in
consultation with IAEA and the United Nations Environment Programme, as
appropriate, to continue the review of the INF Code as a matter of urgency and
to consider, bearing in mind existing international instruments, several
specific issues, including in particular the adequacy of existing emergency
response arrangements and notification of the coastal States concerned in the
event of an incident involving INF Code materials,
NOTING
the progress of work made pursuant to resolutions A.748(18) and A.790(19), as
reported in the annex to document A 20/11/Add.2,
HAVING
CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the MSC at its sixty-eighth session and
by the MEPC at its thirty-ninth session and fortieth session:
1.
ADOPTS amendments to the INF Code
on shipboard emergency plans and on notification in the event of an incident
involving materials subject to the Code as set out at annex to this resolution;
2.
URGES Governments to implement these amendments; and
3.
REQUESTS the MSC and the MEPC in consultation with IAEA and UNEP to complete
the work pursuant to resolution A.790(19) as a matter of urgency and to
consider possible improvements to the amended Code based, inter alia, on
experience gained in its use.
Annex.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE FOR THE SAFE CARRIAGE OF IRRADIATED NUCLEAR FUEL,
PLUTONIUM AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES IN FLASKS ON BOARD SHIPS
Amend
paragraph 4 to read as follows:
"All
ships, regardless of size, carrying materials covered by this Code should
comply with the requirements of SOLAS 74, as amended, and in addition with the
requirements as prescribed in table 1 and paragraphs 7 to 30, concerning damage
stability, fire protection, temperature control of cargo spaces, structural
considerations, cargo securing arrangements, electrical supplies, radiological
protection equipment, management training, shipboard emergency plans and notification
in the event of an incident involving INF Code materials."
Amend
paragraph 25 and its title to read as follows:
"MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING
25.
The management and training for a ship should take account of developments
within the Organization to the satisfaction of the Administration
concerned."
Add
the following paragraphs and associated titles:
"SHIPBOARD EMERGENCY PLANS
26.
Every ship, after 1 July 1998, transporting materials covered by this Code
should carry on board a shipboard emergency plan.
27.
Such a plan should be approved by the Administration based on the Guidelines*
developed by the Organization and written in a working language understood by
the masters and officers. At a minimum, the plan should consist of:
_________________
* Refer to
Guidelines for Developing Shipboard Emergency Plans for Ships Carrying
Materials Subject to the INF Code adopted by the Assembly by resolution
A.854(20).
. 1
the procedure to be followed by the master or other persons having charge of
the ship to report an incident involving INF Code materials, as required by
paragraphs 29 and 30 of this Code;
.2
the list of authorities or persons to be contacted in the event of an incident
involving INF Code materials;
.3
a detailed description of the action to be taken immediately by persons on
board to prevent, reduce or control the release, and mitigate the consequences
of the loss, of INF Code materials following the incident; and
.4
the procedures and points of contact on the ship for coordinating shipboard action
with national and local authorities.
28.
If a ship is required to have a shipboard emergency plan by other international
instruments, the various plans may be combined into a single plan. In this
case, the title of such a combined plan should be "Shipboard Marine
Emergency Plan".
NOTIFICATION IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING INF CODE
MATERIALS
29.
The reporting requirements of regulation VII/7-1 of SOLAS should apply both to
the loss or likely loss of INF Code cargo overboard and to any incident
involving a release or probable release of INF Code material (e.g. package
failure), whatever the reason for such loss or release, including for the
purpose of securing the safety of the ship or saving life at sea.
30.
Such a report should also be made in the event of damage, failure or breakdown
of a ship carrying materials covered by this Code which:
.1
affects the safety of the ship, including, but not limited to, collision,
grounding, fire, explosion, structural failure, flooding and cargo shifting; or
.2 results in the
impairment of the safety of navigation, including, but not limited to, the
failure or breakdown of steering gear, propulsion system, electrical generating
system and essential shipborne navigational aids." _______________
* Консолидированный
текст настоящего Кодекса, включающий все поправки, будет издан в качестве
публикации ИМО.
Replace
table 1 with the following
Table 1:
Requirements for ships carrying
irradiated nuclear fuel, plutonium and high-level radioactive wastes in flasks
on board ships