China
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France
View country profileWhat has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?
France is a party to the Convention on Nuclear Safety (1995), the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (1989), the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (1989), the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (2000), the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (2013), the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (1991), and has approved its amendment in 2013.
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
France had already ratified or approved all these conventions, but has continued outreach in favour of their universalisation.
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Treaties under IAEA Auspices, Status Lists, https://www.iaea.org/resources/treaties/treaties-under-IAEA-auspices
Russia
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United Kingdom
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United States
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The United States became a party to the Convention on Nuclear Safety in July 1999; a party to the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident in October 1988; a party to the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency in October 1988; a party to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management in July 2003; a party to the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism in September 2015; a party to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) in February 1987; and a party to the CPPNM’s amendment in May 2016
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The United States became a party to all of the above-named agreements before the current Review Cycle.
Sources
International Atomic Energy Agency. “Convention on Nuclear Safety.” 25 April 2025. https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/23/09/cns_status.pdf
International Atomic Energy Agency. “Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident.” 17 September 2025. https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/23/11/not_status.pdf
International Atomic Energy Agency. “Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency.” 17 September 2025. https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/22/06/cacnare_status.pdf
International Atomic Energy Agency. “Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.” 5 March 2026. https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/22/06/jointconv_status.pdf
United Nations. “International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.” 6 April 2026. https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetailsIII.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XVIII-15&chapter=18&Temp=mtdsg3&clang=_en
International Atomic Energy Agency. “Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.” 18 September 2024. https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/22/06/cppnm_status.pdf
International Atomic Energy Agency. “Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.” 25 April 2025. https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/22/06/cppnm_amend_status.pdf