The EPA participates in international programs to ensure the observance of high radiation protection standards. Two major international radiation protection organizations, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Commission of European Communities, have developed draft standards containing clearance levels for individual radionuclides. The United States is working with both organizations to update and broaden the draft standards. The EPA works with the Atomic Energy Agency to ensure that radioactively contaminated materials are not imported into the United States. The Agency is collaborating with representatives of other industrialized countries to develop international radiological screening guidelines.

Recommended EPA Web pages

• Radiation Protection: International Response
  Discusses current and pending international standards for release and recycling of radioactive materials.

Border Issues
Great Lakes, Transboundary Pollution, US-Canada Border, US-Mexico Border

Chemicals Management
Green Chemistry, Import, Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRS), Screening

Country & Regional Programs
Canada, Caribbean, Central Europe, China, Eastern Europe, Japan, Latin America, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Western Europe

Environmental Policy
Marine Pollution, Trade

Global Climate Change
Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Sink, Forestry, Greenhouse Gas, Land Use, Methane, Technology Cooperation

Import/Export
Laws, Pesticides, Waste

International Visitors

Partners/Networks
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), International Joint Commission (IJC), NAFTA Technical Working Group on Pesticides, OECD Pesticide Working Group, Regional Environmental Centers

Pollution Prevention
Binational Toxics Strategy

Radiation
Radioactive Materials, Release, Standards

Stratospheric Ozone

Technical Assistance
Environmental Technology Verification, Site Remediation Technologies, Training

Treaties and Agreements
Basel Convention, Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, La Paz Agreement, London Convention, Marpol Agreement, Montreal Protocol, North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), US-Japan Agreement on Cooperation in Environmental Protection, US-Taiwan Bilateral Agreement In the Field of Environmental Protection, US-Thailand Agreement in the Area of Environmental Protection

Voluntary Standards
ISO 14000

Waste

Water
Marine Pollution, Transboundary