ENSREG newsletter

Statement from Andrej Stritar, Chair of ENSREG

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Clone of Nuclear in EU countries

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the OECD

In all, 28 countries including 18 from the EU are members of the OECD/NEA. The NEA is the international focus for the developed nations on nuclear issues. It brings together a number of countries from North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, and this membership represents much of the world's nuclear expertise. The role of the OECD/NEA is complementary to that of the IAEA.

The IAEA

The IAEA is the world´s center of cooperation in the nuclear field within the United Nations family. The IAEA works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies. The IAEA helps countries to ensure nuclear safety and to prepare for and respond to emergencies.

Clone of National regulators

Fifteen EU Member States out of twenty seven have chosen to use nuclear energy for power generation. The EU-27 has the largest number of commercial nuclear power stations in the world. In EU-27 some 148 nuclear reactors are in operation, providing around one third of Europe's electricity.

For more information about nuclear energy in individual countries, you are welcome to consult country profiles by clicking on a country in the map here under.

ENSREG report to the EU Institutions - version 2

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National responsibility

At the national level, legislation is adopted which allocates clearly the responsibilities for the preparedness and response to a nuclear or radiological emergency. This legislation takes account of and implements EU requirements for emergency preparedness arrangements, including arrangements for informing the public.