While Colombia does not have a nuclear power program, it
is nevertheless included as one of the 44 States listed in
Annex II of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT),
whose ratification is required for that Treaty to enter-into-force.
Power Reactors: 0
Research Reactors
Operational: 1 (IAN-R1)
Planned: 0
2.
Fissile Material Holdings
Highly Enriched Uranium: 0 tons (end of
2003)
Supplier- US
3.Nuclear
Activities
Research Centers
UPME: Colombia Planning Unit of Ministry of Energy
INEA: Colombia Nuclear Research Center
Nuclear Cooperation
Colombia is a member of the Regional Cooperative Agreements
for the Promotion of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin
America.
IAEA: Colombia also participates in the IAEA technical cooperation
program, receiving training and security for its research
reactor.
US: The US contributes support and maintenance to Colombia’s
research reactor through its Department of Energy. The U.S.-Colombia
Trade Promotion Agreement builds on the agency’s efforts
to strengthen the environment in Colombia, for investment
in the nation’s energy resources. These incentives are
consistent with the goals of the United States Trade and Development
Agency (USTDA), which concluded in February to increase bilateral
trade. In 2006, the USTDA support for Colombian energy projects,
totals $2.05 million.
4.
International Non-proliferation Efforts
Treaties Signed and Ratified, date of deposit
Antarctic Treaty, 31 January 1989
APM Convention, 6 September 2000
Biological Weapons Convention, 19 December 1983
Certain Conventional Weapons Convention, 6 March 2000
Chemical Weapons Convention, 5 April 2000
Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, signed but not ratified
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material,
28 March 2003
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 8 April 1986
Outer Space Treaty, signed but not ratified
Seabed Treaty, signed but not ratified
Treaty of Tlatelolco, 4 August 1972
Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage, 1997
Colombia signed the IAEA Additional Protocol on 25 November
2004 but has not yet ratified.
Multilateral Groups
Conference on Disarmament
Hague Code of Conduct on Ballistic Missile Proliferation
5.
Positions Taken in International Fora on Various Issues of
Nuclear Disarmament
Disarmament: “In accordance with the need
to achieve general and complete disarmament, which Colombia
promotes as a state policy, my country has subscribed all
international instruments on weapons of mass destruction.
In that category, nuclear weapons still remain as the most
destructive ones, and for that reason nuclear disarmament
is one of the top priorities of in Colombia’s foreign
policy.” - Statement by Ambassador Claudia Blum
de Barberi to the First Committe of the 61st Session of the
General Assembly, 3rd October 2006.http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/1com/1com06/statements/Colombiaoct3.pdf
