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Radiation Protection Ordinance Based on the Atomic Energy Act, the Radiation Protection Ordinance ( Strahlenschutzverordnung – StrlSchV) regulates in detail the protection to be afforded to the genera 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

Atomic Energy Act The objectives of the German Atomic Energy Act (Atomgesetz– AtG) are, among other things, to protect life, health and property against the hazards of nuclear energy and the harmful e read more

Ordinance on emergency dose values The Ordinance on emergency dose values establishes dose values that serve as criteria for the appropriateness of key early measures for the protection of the populat read more

Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management 2003 - First Review Meeting 2006 - Second Review Meeting 2009 - Third Review Meeting 2012 - Fourth Review read more

Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) Overview of the conferences 1999 - First Review Meeting 2002 - Second Review Meeting 2005 - Third Review Meeting 2008 - Fourth Review Meeting 2009 - First Extraordin read more

International conventions The international community has adopted various multilateral conventions (multiparty treaties) in the field of nuclear safety in order to strengthen cooperation and set minim read more

Convention on Nuclear Safety The Convention on Nuclear Safety came about in the 1990s in the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident. It was established on Germany’s initiative – an effort in w read more

Vienna Declaration on Nuclear Safety On 9 February 2015, a Diplomatic Conference of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) was held in Vienna. The decision to convene the Diplomatic Conference was tak read more