Position Paper

Committee: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Agenda: Security of Nuclear Energy Establishment against Natural

Disasters and the prevention of accidents.

Country: United Kingdom

Represented by: Mudassir Ayub

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United
Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. The capital of the United
Kingdom and its largest city is London. The nuclear power debate is about the deployment and
use of nuclear fission reactors to generate electricity from nuclear fuel for civilian purpose.
Nuclear weapons are the most destructive weapons ever developed. The right to possess these
weapons is an issue of serious contention in the international community. Non-proliferation
treaties exist within the United Nations, and between countries, such as between the United
States and Russia. The most comprehensive, the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),
consists of a pledge by current nuclear weapon states to reduce their nuclear stockpiles and
achieve nuclear disarmament in return for non-nuclear weapon states not developing such
weapons. Nuclear safety remains a top priority for the UK. It is for that reason that the UK
welcomed an IAEA Operational Safety Review Team mission to Sizewell B in October 2015 so
that the UK could compare the facility’s operational practices with best international practice.
We encourage all IAEA Member States to host OSART Missions.
The UK also participate to ensure that civil nuclear power plants fully comply with robust
domestic and international safety standards to save their Nuclear plants from Natural Disasters.
The UK continues to play a significant role in ensuring nuclear security, as demonstrated at the
Nuclear Security Summit in March 2016. The UK also pledged to lead efforts to further
strengthen the cyber security of nuclear plants and we hosted the first of two workshops last
week to share best practice to tacle the any sort of Nuclear Accidents.

International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) missions remain an important means
of sharing nuclear security best practice and the UK is delighted to be hosting the 20th
anniversary seminar at Lancaster House, London. We have worked alongside the IAEA to
develop guidance on establishing Nuclear Forensics Libraries. We welcome the new
International Nuclear Security Advisory Service (INSServ) missions and their expanded scope.

UK proposed the solution for the establishment of best security system to save the plants from
natural disasters and accidents according to IAEA technical standars to save this world.