National Nuclear Safety Administration

国家核安全局 Guójiā Hé ānquán Jú
Regulatory agency overview
Formed	October 1984 (1984-10)
Type	Nuclear safety
Jurisdiction	China
Headquarters	No. 12 of East Chang'an Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Minister responsible	Dong Baotong
Deputy Ministers responsible	Tian Weiyong, Chief engineer on nuclear safety Jiang Guang, Master of 1st sub-administration Liu Lu, Master of 3rd sub-administration
Parent department	Ministry of Environmental Protection[1]
Parent Regulatory agency	State Council
Website	nnsa.mep.gov.cn (in Chinese)

National Nuclear Safety Administration (Chinese: 国家核安全局) or NNSA is a central government agency responsible for regulating nuclear safety, supervision on all civilian nuclear infrastructure in China. It also inspects nuclear safety activities and regulate the approval mechanism.^[2]

History

The National Nuclear Safety Administration (1984–1989) was established in October 1984. It was a subordinate agency of the State Science and Technology Commission which had independent regulatory of nuclear safety in mainland China.^[1]

In 1990, the State Science and Technology Commission became the National Science and Technology Commission but National Nuclear Safety Administration was still under its administration until 1998.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998 the National Nuclear Safety Administration was transferred to the State Environmental Protection Administration.^[1]

In 2008, the State Environmental Protection Administration was upgraded to a full ministry of the Chinese state called the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the National Nuclear Safety Administration was retained under its administrative purview.^[1]

In 2017, new laws strengthened the powers of the NNSA, creating new "institutional mechanisms", a clearer "division of labour" and more disclosure of information.^[3]