Autorité nationale de sûreté et de sécurité nucléaires - Lomé, Togo

Téléphone +228 22 21 00 00
Adresse électronique contact@anssn.tg
Lomé, Togo

Founding texts

ANSSN's action is part of a national legal framework that defines its existence, the scope of its oversight and the obligations applicable to operators.

Loi n° 2020-006 du 10 juin 2020

Law on the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear energy and on the establishment of the National Nuclear Safety and Security Authority

The authority's founding text. It establishes the principle of safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear energy on national territory and institutes ANSSN as the regulatory authority.

Décret n° 2021-018/PR

Decree on the establishment, powers, organization and operation of ANSSN

Implementing decree placing the authority under the Presidency of the Republic and specifying its powers and internal organization.

Référence à confirmer

Decree on radiological safety and security of radioactive sources

Implementing text detailing the radiological safety and security requirements applicable to radioactive sources, cited by authorization application forms.

What the legal framework requires

For any structure holding or using sources or equipment emitting ionizing radiation, this body of law translates into three main obligations.

  • Obtain prior authorization before any import, possession, use, storage or export.
  • Submit to the authority's oversight which may carry out an inspection prior to its decision as well as periodic inspections thereafter.
  • Maintain the conditions of the authorization over time: reports, renewals and declaration of any change affecting the file.
Consulter la procédure d'autorisation

International conventions

The national framework is aligned with the international instruments to which Togo is a party, in keeping with its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Voir la coopération internationale