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c) Prior upgrade of the TELERAD national networkThe early warning and radiation monitoring network (TELERAD) benefited from a large-scalemodernization program in 2010-2011. No specific new action is envisaged with respect to thismonitoring network as a result of the Fukushima accident.4.3. International cooperationBelgium is actively represented in numerous organizations and cooperation programs, most of themimplying activities related to the Fukushima accident.a) Cooperation at international levelBelgium is a contracting party to the following main international conventions:• the Convention on Nuclear Safety,• the Joint convention on the safety of spent fuel management and on the safety of radioactivewaste management,• the Convention on assistance in the case of a nuclear accident or radiological emergency,• the Paris convention on nuclear third party liability and the Brussels supplementaryconvention, and subsequent amendments,• the Convention on early notification of a nuclear accident,• the European ECURIE system,• the Convention on physical protection of nuclear material.The FANC and Bel V are also actively involved in other international activities.At the IAEA, the FANC is an active member of the CSS, RASSC, WASSC, TRANSSC, NUSSC and theINES advisory committee. The FANC also participates in the steering committee of the OECD NEA andto the activities of the following OECD NEA committees: RWMC, CRPPH, CNRA and CSNI.Bel V participates to the activities of the following OECD NEA committees and working groups: CNRA,CSNI, NSC, WGIP, WGOE, WGFCS, WGRISK, WGAMA, WGHOF, WGIAGE, WGFSM and various OECDprojects.Bel V is the national coordinator for the incident reporting system (IRS) of the OECD/IAEA, theincident reporting system for research reactors (IRSRR) of the IAEA, and the fuel incident notificationand analysis system (FINAS) of the IAEA.The FANC has a national coordinator for the International nuclear and radiological event scale (INES),allowing the exchange of information on significant events about nuclear safety and radiationprotection occurring in all types of industrial facilities.b) Cooperation at European levelAt the European level, the FANC is an active member of the ENSREG regulators’ group.The FANC and Bel V are also members of the WENRA association, and participate to WENRA activitiesand task forces.Furthermore, as a recent initiative, the regulatory body (FANC and Bel V) participates to the Europeanclearinghouse on nuclear power plants experience feedback, set up for sharing and analysinginternational experience feedback at European level.c) Cooperation at bilateral levelAt the bilateral level, the FANC has several agreements in force and extended collaboration withforeign regulatory bodies, in particular with his neighbouring countries (France, the Netherlands andLuxembourg). Among others, this cooperation includes sharing of information, technical meetings,attendance at inspections on the field, and exchange of experts.12/18