U.K. Publishes Nuclear Safeguards Bill for Post-Brexit Period

The U.K. published draft legislation to create a domestic nuclear safeguards system that will replace provisions under the European Union’s Euratom treaty once Britain has left the bloc.

The law aims to give certainty to the nuclear industry and sectors such as health care that Britain will maintain a stringent system of checks over radioactive materials after Brexit. The legislation became necessary after government deemed it impossible to withdraw from the EU without also leaving Euratom, putting in doubt everything from the transport of nuclear fuels to cancer treatments.