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Revision of the existing, and development of new, instruments for regulating the safety of the nuclear-powered merchant vessels and floating nuclear power plants Submitted by the Russian Federation
This document presents the experience of the Russian Federation in regulating the safety of nuclear-powered merchant vessels (including nuclear icebreakers) and floating nuclear power plants. It outlines the structure of the national regulatory framework, its documentary basis and the principles of its implementation, with a proposal to review the previously developed documents and to initiate a joint expert-level cooperation between IMO and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).