Signatories of the 1994 Convention on Nuclear Safety have agreed to introduce the International Atomic Energy Agency's safety standards, which are generally tougher than each member's own ones, as part of efforts to tighten regulations and safety assessment of their nuclear power plants, diplomatic sources said Friday.
A total of 75 countries and international organizations that are members of the convention will draw up necessary documents on the agreement Friday afternoon on the final day of the ongoing extraordinary meeting of the pact signatories being held at the IAEA's head office in Vienna.
The signatories have so far applied their own domestic laws and own criteria for nuclear regulation and safety assessment.
