Russian activities on the RW management are governed by the international agreements signed by the Russian Federation. In particular, starting from 24 October 1996 Russia became a party to the Convention on nuclear safety signed in Vienna in September 1994.
In January 1999 in Vienna, Russia signed the Unified Convention on safe handling of SNF and RW. The Convention was enacted in Russia on 19 April 2006.
After 1994 some countries, parties to the Convention on nuclear safety, adopted new legislation or updated the previous version, other countries are in the process of its improvement