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Pillar 3

Action 59

Consider becoming party, if they have not yet done so, to the Convention on Nuclear Safety, the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident, the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, and to ratify its amendment so that it may enter into force at an early date.

China

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What 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?

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France

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What 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.

Sources

Treaties under IAEA Auspices, Status Lists, https://www.iaea.org/resources/treaties/treaties-under-IAEA-auspices

Russia

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What has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?

Russia became party to all conventions listed in Action 59 and ratified the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material prior to the current Review Cycle.

What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?

Russia has not communicated on further implementation of this action in the current review cycle

Sources

International Atomic Energy Agency, ‘Russian Federation – Country Nuclear Power Profiles’.

https://cnpp.iaea.org/public/countries/RU/profile/preview

National report of the Russian Federation for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (New York), 21 May 2015.

https://www.un.org/en/conf/npt/2015/pdf/NPT-CONF2015-48_National%20report%20of%20the%20Russian%20Fed_E.pdf

National report of the Russian Federation, 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (New York), 2 March 2026.

https://docs.un.org/en/NPT/CONF.2026/14

United Kingdom

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What has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?

The UK became a Party to the Convention on Nuclear Safety in 1996, the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident in 1990, the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency in 1990, the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management in 2001, the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism in 2009, and the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material in 1991 and to its amendment in 2010.

What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?

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United States

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What has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?

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

What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?

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