China
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France
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France has committed to implement the Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources and the two supplementary guidance documents, on the import and export of radioactive sources, and on the management of disused radioactive sources, respectively. A new decree came into force on 1 January 2020 to strengthen measures for protecting sources of ionizing radiation and batches of radioactive sources from malicious acts. The decree is consistent with the recommendations of IAEA, in particular.
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
France is still committed to implement the Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources and the two supplementary guidance documents, on the import and export of radioactive sources, and on the management of disused radioactive sources, respectively.
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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
Russia
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United Kingdom
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United States
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With the enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the United States adopted the IAEA’s Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources, as well as the Import-Export Guidance in their entirety and enhanced domestic licensing and export-import licensing controls for high activity radioactive sources. The regulations were amended in 2006.
As part of its commitment to the Code of Conduct, the United States has implemented the National Source Tracking System, which tracks state-regulated Category 1 and Category 2 radioactive sources from the time of their manufacture or import through the time of their disposal, export, or decay.
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In 2023, the United States, as part of the G7 Non-Proliferation Directors Group, issued a statement encouraging further political commitments and implementation of the Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources and its supplementary guidance.
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “Treaties and Conventions.” https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/ip/treaties-conventions.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “Amendments to the Export and Import Regulations for Nuclear Equipment and Byproduct Material.” March 12, 2020. https://www.nrc.gov/security/byproduct/export-import/rules.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “National Source Tracking System (NUREG/BR-0472).” March 2010. https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/brochures/br0472/index.
U.S. Department of State. “Statement of the G7 Non-Proliferation Directors Group.” Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. April 17, 2023. https://2021-2025.state.gov/statement-of-the-g7-non-proliferation-directors-group/.