IAEA Launches First School of Drafting Regulations on Radioactive Waste and Decommissioning Safety

This month, the IAEA concluded the first edition of the IAEA's new School of Drafting Regulations, designed to facilitate ongoing Member State efforts to draft and implement national regulations for the safe management of radioactive waste and the decommissioning of nuclear facilities.

After developing draft regulations in their respective countries, legal officers and technical specialists from 12 countries in Europe and Central Asia attended the final, in-person component of the IAEA School from 17 to 28 February, benefitting first from the school's theoretical lectures and subsequently from collaborative, group exercises designed to help the participating national teams finalize their proposed regulations.

With technically-sound regulations in hand, the School's participants will return home to finalize their draft national regulations and satisfy the necessary preconditions for their adoption.