An independent nuclear regulatory authority is in its fifth year of existence to ensure safe operation of nuclear plants.

c. In Item 15 on matrix p. 15 , China's national nuclear regulatory authority is the China Atomic Energy Authority of China.

For example, Japan s nuclear regulatory authority was not sufficiently independent, and oversight of the plant operator, TEPCO, was weak.

The Office for Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS), which is part of the Department of Trade and Industry, is the national security regulatory authority for the UK's civil nuclear industry.

IAEA is also assisting the nuclear regulatory authority of Ukraine in the regulatory process of decommissioning the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and in the development of an approach for characterizing and managing radioactive residual material resulting from investigating the status of the shelter and its reconstruction and or repair.

E management of radioactive sources (Regulatory Authority Information System (RAIS) software)

Regulatory agencies need enforcement authority so that stricter rules can be implemented

Without a clear line of authority to the State and without regulatory mechanisms, questions of accountability for offences arose.

Consequently Brussels is no government to be, but a regulatory authority and this often to the benefit of European consumers.

We therefore continue to expect cooperation and assistance from the Agency, particularly in building the capacity of the regulatory authority.

Previously autonomous regulatory bodies (such as the competition authority) have been quietly subordinated to the government, with no debate or discussion.

David Cameron s new government in the United Kingdom apparently came to the same conclusion when it announced plans to transfer regulatory authority from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to the Bank of England.

They are for sale to corporations and individuals who want to offset their emissions for non regulatory purposes, are verified by independent verifiers, but are not certified by a regulatory authority for use as a compliance instrument.

In 2002, under pressure from international bodies, Bahrain implemented its telecommunications law which included the establishment of an independent Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).

And, given the deep disparities in nuclear power s importance for European economies, consensus on regulatory harmonization is hard to reach.

In 1970, boosted by the new Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the IAEA acquired expanded authority to safeguard nuclear elements against diversion.

That will include better harmonization of national regulatory approaches to ensure at all times high quality, independent oversight for nuclear activities.

It is charged with preparing and presenting an opinion on the regulatory standards that would ensure radiological protection and nuclear safety.

The immediate priority for the Authority is the development of a regulatory regime for prospecting and exploration of polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich ferromanganese crusts.

It had also built up a legislative and regulatory structure governing nuclear security and protection from ionizing radiation, in order to provide the basis for effective monitoring of the peaceful use of nuclear materials.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran s Supreme Leader, has made an uncompromising nuclear policy central to his domestic authority.

History suggests that without greater authority, the Agency will be incapable of dramatically reducing global nuclear risks.

Action in these three areas would help to create a multilateral institution with the authority and expertise to advise countries on supervisory and regulatory issues of systemic importance.

For example, notwithstanding the regulatory and safety oversight authority of the Civil Aviation Caretaker Authority for Somalia, the authorities at Hargeisa airport, which is the busiest airport in Somalia, unilaterally shut down the airport early in 2005 for the resealing of the runway.

Regulatory issues

Regulatory action

But the IAEA has no authority to determine whether or not a country has a nuclear weapons program.

Without authority to enforce safe practices, the IAEA cannot better assure nuclear safety in these or other countries.

Consistent, demonstrable progress towards the elimination of nuclear weapons is what this Treaty needs to maintain its authority.

It includes prior certification by the nuclear regulating authority (National Office of Nuclear Energy and Technology) for the import export and transit of radioactive materials through the country.

To that end, my Government has established appropriate nuclear legal and regulatory frameworks, as well as safety, security, safeguards and physical protection measures, in global transparency.

Materials are processed in a similar way to other non nuclear production lines, with the difference that more exacting safety, security and regulatory procedures are required.

It was noted that the States parties to NWFZs, having renounced nuclear weapons themselves, have the moral authority to require Nuclear Weapon States (NWS) to develop concrete plans and initiate ongoing steps towards complete nuclear disarmament.

In the UK, a Financial Policy Committee within the Bank of England is to monitor the systemic risk of financial failure, with a Prudential Regulatory Authority supervising systemically important institutions.

Absent international coordination, the opportunities for destructive regulatory competition will defeat regulatory reform.

A nuclear command and control authority, responsible for Pakistan's strategic assets, has been in place since the year 2000.

Other regulatory controls

But the Union's regulatory authority is likely to be accepted by the accession countries only if it remains tied to the redistributionist ethic at the heart of the EU's social model.

The authority has received the International Regulatory Review Team and Radiation Safety Infrastructure Appraisal international peer review missions, and has an aggressive action plan to address the recommendations of these missions.

Other States have given their regulatory authorities the right to designate informal transfer systems as regulated funds transfer systems, or as financial services, in order to establish supervisory authority over them.

Alarming new security doctrines gave an even broader role to nuclear weapons, jeopardizing the authority and relevance of the Treaty.

Legal and regulatory environment3

In anticipation of the new plant, our national regulatory body, the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency of Indonesia (BAPETEN), has embarked upon a comprehensive programme to develop the entire necessary infrastructure, including the training of the required personnel, particularly in activities related to the licensing and inspection of the plant.

As part of measures being undertaken to put in place the framework for Ghana's oil and gas production, a Bill entitled the Ghana Petroleum Regulatory Authority (GPRA) Bill was released in October 2008. (...)

(Today, only 15 of nuclear materials are used for civilian purposes but no regulatory system can be effective if it applies to only a small share of the regulated items.)