China
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France
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France’s higher education system in the field of nuclear energy is open to nationals of third countries, and some 20 per cent of those graduating from French master’s programmes in nuclear energy are foreign nationals. The National Nuclear Science and Technology Institute (INSTN) has been an IAEA Collaborating Centre since 2016. It carries out various capacity-building activities for partner countries through nuclear power programmes, research programmes and programmes to develop nuclear applications for health. INSTN training courses conducted or planned in collaboration IAEA include a certificate course on the use of radiotracers in industrial applications, an interregional training course on fuel cycle and waste management strategies organized with Orano, a training centre on research reactors, a course developed jointly with EDF on nuclear programme management and training on molten-salt advanced modular reactors. Since 2020, France has also provided support to the IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme, which provides scholarships to women students in nuclear-related master’s programmes around the world. Since 2018, France has been hosting an IAEA training course on nuclear programme financing. In 2019, France hosted more than 40 IAEA scientific visits and study trips.
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France organised training courses through IAEA, in particular a school on research reactors in November 2024. It organised seven workshops and training sessions between 2023 and 2025, including an International workshop on instrumentation and control and computer security for small modular reactors (Paris), the IAEA School on Nuclear and Radiological Leadership for Safety (Nice), the Workshop on the safety of experiments for research reactor (Aix-en-Provence), training on international reporting systems for national coordinators in Paris in 2023, a Joint IAEA-University of Paris-Saclay workshop on the safe analysis of heritage objects and materials using novel accelerator-based analytical techniques (Paris), a Regional workshop on conducting computer security exercises for nuclear security (Paris) and a Technical workshop on accelerator technology and associated instrumentation, including operation and maintenance aspects (Gif-sur-Yvette).
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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
Working paper submitted by France. France’s support for the International Atomic Energy Agency. NPT/CONF.2026/PC.III/WP.11. 5 March 2025. https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n25/060/12/pdf/n2506012.pdf#:~:text=France%20is%20one%20of%20the,Technical%20Cooperation%20Fund%20in%202025.
Russia
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United Kingdom
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United States
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Between the 2010 and 2020 NPT Review Conferences, the United States contributed more than $100 million to the Peaceful Uses Initiative, which helped to fund projects that strengthen the control of radioactive sources and radioactive waste, upgrade radiation protection infrastructures, support human resource development in nuclear security, and strengthen national capabilities for responding to nuclear and radiological emergencies.
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In 2020 the United States announced that it would contribute another $50 million in voluntary contributions to the IAEA through 2024, to support the IAEA’s Peaceful Uses Initiative (PUI), bringing the total US contribution to the PUI to more than $117 million. These contributions directly support human resource development in nuclear security and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. As of June 2026, the second Trump administration had not made an announcement indicating a significant financial contribution to the PUI.
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U.S. Department of State. “The IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative and the NPT.” https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-international-security-and-nonproliferation/releases/2025/01/the-iaea-peaceful-uses-initiative-and-the-npt.
U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva. “United States announces $50 million commitment to IAEA’s Peaceful Uses Initiative.” November 10, 2020. https://vienna.usmission.gov/press-release-united-states-announces-50-million-commitment-to-iaeas-peaceful-uses-initiative/.