Safety is a prerequisite for nuclear energy development. China's main legal framework of nuclear safety consists of one law and nine regulations, but lacks of top-level design. The Draft of Nuclear Safety Law has been reviewed (second timetwice) by the NPC Standing Committee but yet still has some deficiencies. It is suggested that the revision should clearly define the concept of nuclear safety, incorporate conception of risk prevention and control, and strengthen the protection of public rights protection and strict administrative legal liabilities in revision, so such that the nuclear safety is not only objectively secured and at the same timebut also subjectively accepted by the public.

nuclear safety act  /  independent regulation  /  risk prevention and control