China
View country profileWhat has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
Sources
France
View country profileWhat has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?
France supports the legitimate right of all States parties, in particular developing States, to full access to nuclear material, equipment and technological information for peaceful purposes civil applications of the atom in fields such as health, agriculture, protection of the environment and cultural heritage, and energy; as long as states are in compliance with their non-proliferation commitments. France in particular promotes the use of civilian nuclear energy, for which the French nuclear industry is especially active in framing international cooperation.
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
France has continued to support the legitimate right of all States parties, in particular developing States, to full access to nuclear material, equipment and technological information for peaceful purposes civil applications of the atom in fields such as health, agriculture, protection of the environment and cultural heritage, and energy; as long as states are in compliance with their non-proliferation commitments. At the 2023 NPT Preparatory, France presented a working paper on nuclear energy including developments on areas of cooperation and in 2025, a paper on principles and areas of engagement regarding bilateral nuclear cooperation. On 6 May 2025, it organised a side-event at the NPT Preparatory Committee dedicated to nuclear technologies used to fight against cancer. It organised a side-event in 2023 and 2024 on nuclear applications in preserving cultural and natural heritage and submitted a working paper at the 2025 NPT Preparatory Committee on the same topic.
Sources
National Report submitted by France. Report submitted by France under actions 5, 20 and 21 of the Final Document of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2022–2026). NPT/CONF.2026/PC.III/2. 7 March 2025, https://docs.un.org/en/NPT/CONF.2026/PC.III/2
Third NPT Preparatory Committee – Peaceful Uses and Other Provisions of the Treaty – May 7, 2025 in New York, Statement by Nathalie Le Bars, 7 May 2025, https://onu-vienne.delegfrance.org/Third-NPT-Preparatory-Committee-Peaceful-Uses-and-Other-Provisions-of-the
Nuclear energy: Presentation of France’s offer Working paper submitted by France, NPT/CONF.2026/PC.I/WP.26, 27 July 2023, https://reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/npt/prepcom23/documents/WP26.pdf
Atoms for heritage: peaceful use of nuclear techniques for heritage science Working paper submitted by Albania, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Peru, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, NPT/CONF.2026/PC.III/WP.21, 1 April 2025, https://reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/npt/prepcom25/documents/WP21.pdf
France’s bilateral nuclear cooperation: principles and areas of engagement Working paper submitted by France, NPT/CONF.2026/PC.III/WP.13, 4 March 2025, https://reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/npt/prepcom25/documents/WP13.pdf
Russia
View country profileWhat has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
Sources
United Kingdom
View country profileWhat has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
Sources
United States
View country profileWhat has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?
See Action 39
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
See Action 39
Sources
N/A