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Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident The Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident was adopted in 1986 and entered into force on 27 October 1986. Germany became a State read more

Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency The Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency was adopted on 26 Septembe read more

Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management and other agreements The Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Sa read more

Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) was adopted in 1979 with the specific objective of protecting nuclear ma read more

European Law At European level, the use of nuclear energy by the 28 European Union member states is governed by the Treaty Establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). Council Directiv read more

Other international conventions of relevance to the nuclear industry Germany has ratified various international environmental conventions of relevance to the nuclear industry, including Convention on read more

Public consultation The licensing authority involves the public in the licensing procedure at an early stage. It may only refrain from doing so if the planned modification to the installation or its o read more

Functions In Germany, the supervisory system reflects the country’s federal structure. It ensures continuous regulatory supervision in accordance with Section 19 of the Atomic Energy Act (AtG) and rel read more

Licensing procedure for decommissioning For the decommissioning, safe enclosure and dismantling of a nuclear power plant, a licence is required pursuant to Section 7, paragraph 3 of the Atomic Energy read more

Licensing decision The licensing authority’s final decision is based on the application documents, the reports by the authorised experts and, if available, the statement by the German Environment Mini read more