Nuclear Legal Framework 

China's nuclear legal framework is composed of laws promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), administrative regulations issued by the State Council, and rules, technical guidelines and standards developed by relevant departments of the State Council. 

In the nuclear field, two laws have been promulgated, namely, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Radioactive Pollution and the Nuclear Safety Law of the People's Republic of China. Ten sets of administrative regulations have been issued, namely, the Regulations on the Safety Supervision and Management of Civilian Nuclear Installations, the Regulations on the Control of Nuclear Material, the Measures for Management of Radiopharmaceuticals, the Regulations on the Safety and Protection of Radioisotopes and Radiation Devices, the Regulations on Emergency Management of Nuclear Accidents at Nuclear Power Plants, the Regulations on Control of Nuclear Export, the Regulations on Control of Nuclear Dual-use Items and Related Technologies Export, the Regulations on the Supervision and Management of Civilian Nuclear Safety Equipment, the Regulations on the Safe Transportation of Radioactive Materials and the Regulations on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. More than 100 sets of departmental rules as well as more than 1,000 sets of technical guidelines and standards have been developed. 

The development of the Atomic Energy Law of the People's Republic of China, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Management of Radioactive Waste, the Law of the People's Republic of China on Compensation for Nuclear Damages and the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Nuclear Security is underway.

核法律體系

中國的核法律體系由全國人大常委會頒布的法律、國務院發(fā)布的行政法規(guī)、國務院有關部門制定的部門規(guī)章和一系列技術導則、標準組成。

目前，中國專門針對核領域的法律有《中華人民共和國放射性污染防治法》《中華人民共和國核安全法》；專門針對核領域的行政法規(guī)有《民用核設施安全監(jiān)督管理條例》《核材料管制條例》《放射性藥品管理辦法》《放射性同位素與射線裝置安全和防護條例》《核電廠核事故應急管理條例》《核出口管制條例》《核兩用品及相關技術出口管制條例》《民用核安全設備監(jiān)督管理條例》《放射性物品運輸安全管理條例》《放射性廢物安全管理條例》等 10部；涉核領域的部門規(guī)章 100多項，技術導則、標準 1000多個?！吨腥A人民共和國原子能法》《中華人民共和國放射性廢物管理法》《中華人民共和國核損害賠償法》《中華人民共和國核安保條例》等正在制定中。