State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) is a central executive body, which activities are directly coordinated by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and which ensures the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of nuclear energy safety.

The main tasks of the SNRIU are:

• Formation and implementation of state policy in the field of nuclear energy safety.

• State regulation of nuclear energy use safety.

• The competent authority for the physical protection of nuclear material and nuclear facilities according to the Convention on the physical protection of nuclear material and nuclear facilities; on the safe transportation of radioactive materials according to the rules of nuclear and radiation safety in the transportation of radioactive materials; on emergency notification and information in accordance with the Convention on Early Notification of Nuclear Accidents, implementation of the Agreement between Ukraine and the IAEA on the application of safeguards.

State Regulation of the Safety of Nuclear Energy provides:

legislative initiative and regulation - the establishment of regulatory criteria and requirements that determine the safe conditions for the use of nuclear energy;

permitting activity - issuance of permitting documents for carrying out activities in the field of nuclear energy use;

state supervision - implementation of the state supervision over observance of legislation, conditions of permitting documents, norms and rules on nuclear and radiation safety, requirements of physical protection, application of sanctions.

State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU):

• serves as a single national point of contact according to the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident, the Convention on Assistance in the Event of a Nuclear Accident or Radiation Emergency and the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Installations;

• organizes and coordinates the preparation of national reports on the measures taken by Ukraine to fulfill its obligations under the Convention on Nuclear Safety, the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, approves such reports and submits them to the relevant international organizations;

• carries out the international exchange of operational information on nuclear events within the framework of the international scale of nuclear events INES;

• represents Ukraine in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and coordinates the interaction of executive bodies with the IAEA.

• ensures the implementation of bilateral intergovernmental and interdepartmental international agreements in the field of nuclear and radiation safety regulation. The SNRIU has a stable partnership with the regulatory authorities of the United States of America, Germany, Sweden, Norway and others.

• ensures, within its competence, the implementation of the provisions of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement;

• cooperates with the European Commission under the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation (INSC);

• represents Ukraine in the Western European of Nuclear Regulators Association (WENRA) and interacts with the European Nuclear Regulators Group (ENSREG);

• interacts with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in the framework of the implementation of 2 grant agreements (SNFSF-2 / ZPRRV, "Shelter").