Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters (WPNEM)
Co-operation with other international organisations
International organisations such as the European Commission (EC), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), World Health Organisation (WHO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA), and NATO are invited to join the Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters as observers. In general, representatives from the EC, the IAEA, the WHO and the WMO attend meetings and participate in discussions.
The Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters will participate, as appropriate, in the development, planning, preparation and organisation of international nuclear emergency exercises, jointly sponsored by the IAEA, the EC, the WHO, the WMO, the NEA and any other interested international organisations.
During the planning phase of an international nuclear emergency exercise, the Inter-Agency Committee on Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies (IACRNE) co-ordinates the different objectives of the various international organisations in the United Nations family concerned: the IAEA, Food and Agriculture Organization, UN-OCHA, WHO, and WMO. The IAEA serves as secretariat to the IACRNE. The EC and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency also participate in the IACRNA. The objectives of the Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters are communicated to the IACRNE by the NEA representative at the IACRNE, or through the IACRNE Working Group on Joint International Exercises.
Related publications and links
- WPNEM: Introduction
- 2001-2010: INEX 4 and INEX 3 Exercises on Consequence Management
- 1993-2001: INEX 2000 , INEX 2 and INEX 1 Exercises
- Strategic Aspects of Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Management
- Co-operation with other international organisations
- Organisational structure within the NEA
Strategy for Developing and Conducting Nuclear Emergency Exercises 
(pdf format, 305 kb)
Experience from the Third International Nuclear Emergency Exercise (INEX 3) on Consequence Management
(pdf format, 208 kb)
INEX 2000 Exercise Evaluation Report
(pdf format, 587 kb)
Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident : Workshop Proceedings: Paris, France, 26-28 November 2001 / Indemnisation des dommages en cas d'accident nucléaire : Compte rendu d'un atelier: Paris, France, 26-28 novembre 2001 (link to the OECD bookshop)
Short-term Countermeasures in Case of a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency
(pdf format, 485 kb)
Monitoring and Data Management Strategies for Nuclear Emergencies, OECD/NEA, Paris, 2000
Experience from International Nuclear Emergency Exercises: The INEX 2 Series
(pdf format, 204 kb)
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Last reviewed: 27 October 2010