IAEA’s Unified System for Information

Exchange in Incidents and

Emergencies

Workshop on Article VII Assistance Database

Proposal

Kilian Smith, Response and Assistance Network Officer

IAEA Incident and Emergency Center

Introduction

• Role of IAEA in EPR is based on

– IAEA Statute

– Early Notification Convention

– Assistance Convention

• Supplemented by safety standards and

number of mechanisms and

arrangements established by Secretariat

and IAEA’s policy making organs

• Together, these instruments establish

international EPR framework

Response Roles

Notification

Public Information

Assessment and Prognosis

Assistance

Inter-Agency Coordination5

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Unified System for Information

Exchange in Incidents and Emergencies

• Operational 24/7 restricted secure web site

• Accessible by designated users from Contact Points in Member States and relevant International Organizations

• Alerts Contact Points by Fax, Email or SMS on 24/7 basis

• Informs users by email on 24/7 basis

• Provides access to authenticated and verified information on nuclear and radiological incidents and emergencies (irrespective of triggering event) reported to/through IAEA

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Purpose of USIE

• Facilitate information exchange:

– Under the Convention on Early

Notification and Assistance Convention

– Providing access to authenticated

information on nuclear and radiological

incidents and emergencies, regardless of

its origin, reported to/through IAEA

– The International Nuclear and

Radiological Event Scale (INES)

– Possibility to be used by CAs under

other Conventions (e.g. Convention on

Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials

(CPPNM) and its Amendment)

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USIE key features (1/2)

• Access to structured event information

• Submission of emergency notifications, requests for

information, requests for assistance, INES reports, etc.

• Submission of short messages within an event

• Sharing encrypted information among designated users of CAs

• Role based access control

• Provision of additional information

to already published EMERCON

forms

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USIE key features (2/2)

• Subscription for Event Information or announcements (email

notifications)

• 24/7 Alerts by FAX, Email or SMS

• Acknowledgement of receipt

• Address Book

• Access to relevant documents

(e.g. IEComm, USIE user manual)

• Access to IAEA Status Summary

Report in web format

• Separate USIE sites for trainings

and exercises

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USIE instances

• USIE

– For emergency communication

• USIE Exercise

– For use during national or international exercises

• USIE Training

– For training purposes only

– NEVER to be used for emergency communications or

exercises

– Coordinate with IEC if you need to use for internal

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User affiliation and roles

• Permissions on USIE determined by user’s affiliation and role– Possible affiliations:

• Emergency Contact Point (CAs and PMs)

• INES National Officer

• IRMIS data provider(s)

– Available roles:

USIE roles

Can do:Reader

EI

Reader

Liaison

OfficerEditor

EI

EditorPublisher

EI

PublisherAdmin

Can view information

Can view encrypted info

(EI)

Can acknowledge receipt

Can compose reports

Can compose EI in the

reports

Can submit reports

Can submit reports with EI

Can manage users,

preferences, contact info

for organisation

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The RANET page

Developed to allow State Parties to the

Assistance Convention fulfil their obligations 10

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DEMONSTRATION

Thank you!

k.smith@iaea.org