Policy Document & Treaties

Atoms for Peace
Atoms for Peace, President Eisenhower's historic speech to the UN General Assembly, 1953.
Atoms for Peace and Sustainable Development, statement by WNA Director General on the inauguration of the World Nuclear University.
The Role of the IAEA, Director General ElBaradei's speech to the UN General Assembly, 2001.
Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
Convention
Kyoto Protocol
CEO Open Letter to Governments Around the World (pdf 494k)
Climate Action Report 2002 The USA's third national communication under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Agreements Under IAEA Auspices
Safety
Convention on Nuclear Safety
Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (reproduced in document INFCIRC/546* (pdf 65k) )*
Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident
Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency
Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage
Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage
Protocol to Amend the Vienna Convention

Ensuring Peaceful Use
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
IAEA Safeguards and Verification
Other IAEA - Related Treaties and Conventions

Energy Policies
USA
Remarks by Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, World Nuclear Association Luncheon, Monday 5 August, 2002.
Full Energy Policy Report (issued 17 May, 2001)
Nuclear-related excerpts (pdf 18k)

UK
DTI Energy White Paper: Meeting the Energy Challenge (issued May 2007) (pdf 4.5MB)
"The Energy Challenge" - Energy Review Report 2006 by the UK Department of Trade and Industry (issued July 2006). (pdf 3.2 Mb)
DTI Energy White Paper: Our energy future - creating a low carbon economy (issued February 2003) (pdf 1.7MB)
Sir Bernard Ingham's comments on the UK energy White Paper. Remarks to the British Electricity Association, 5 March 2003.
Nuclear Industry Association report on Potential Contribution of Nuclear Energy to Achievement of UK Energy Policy Objectives. ( pdf 1MB )
Royal Society statement on UK Government's White Paper on energy (issued 10 February, 2003).
Economic instruments for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, a study by the Royal Society (issued November, 2002). (pdf 316k)
Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) initial contribution to the Cabinet Office's Performance & Innovation Unit (PUI) energy policy review (issued July, 2001). (pdf 484k)

EU
The European Commission 's website discusses energy policy within the EU.

Group of Eight (G8)
An overview of the nuclear energy policies of the G8 and the individual nations which comprise the G8.

UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
About UNSCEAR
UNSCEAR reports
UNSCEAR rebuts Chernobyl misinformation (pdf 21k)