Report of the Federal Government for the Eighth Review Meeting in March 2025

On 19 June 2024, the German Cabinet adopted the seventh report by the Federal Government on measures taken to implement the obligations under the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. The English version of the report was submitted to the depositary of the Convention, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna on 18 August 2024.

There are currently 90 Parties to the Convention (as of August 2024). Germany has been a Party since 13 October 1998. The aims of the Convention are:

• to achieve and maintain a high safety standard worldwide in facilities for the disposal of spent fuel from nuclear power plants and radioactive waste, and
• to establish and maintain effective long-term measures to safeguard against possible hazards with radiological impacts in such disposal facilities.

Review Meetings of the Parties are held every three years to examine the extent to which the Parties have achieved these goals. The Parties must submit written reports, which are discussed and evaluated during the meetings. The Eighth Review Meeting will take place in Vienna from 17 March to 28 March 2025; the previous meetings were held – also in Vienna – in June/July 2022, November 2003, May 2006, May 2009, May 2012, May 2015 and May 2018.