International Conventions

In order to share the experience of other countries, France signed the “Joint convention on the safety of spent fuel management and on the safety of radioactive waste management” on 29 September 1997. The joint convention was ratified on 22 February 2000.

France also signed other conventions, such as:

• the convention on early notification of a nuclear accident,
• the convention on assistance in the case of nuclear accident or radiological emergency,
• the London convention.