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Where Greece stands on nuclear power

The official steps so far, and the IAEA’s 19 issues1 one by one: what exists in Greece today, what started with Cabinet Act 28/2026, and what this site has not yet examined. The status is what the site has documented with a source, not a judgement on what Greece has.

Timeline

  1. Ministers put the establishment of a Government Committee on Nuclear Energy to the Cabinet.

  2. Cabinet Act 28, establishing the Committee, is adopted.

  3. The Act is published in the Government Gazette (FEK A 136). We count the 24 months from here; the Act says "from its establishment".

  4. according to a press report · energypress, 15/10/2026

    First meeting of the Committee, chaired by Deputy Minister Nikos Tsafos, with a presentation of the IAEA Milestones approach.

  5. scheduled, according to a press report · energypress, 13/10/2026

    Second meeting scheduled, according to the same press report.

  6. scheduled, according to a press report · energypress, 13/10/2026

    Third meeting scheduled, according to the same press report.

  7. within 24 months

    Final Report to the Cabinet: analysis of institutional gaps, pre-feasibility studies, a roadmap, and a recommendation on whether or not to proceed.

The infrastructure issues

The framework is the IAEA’s Milestones approach1, which the Greek Act refers to.

In place · 1Started · 3Partly · 3Not yet examined here · 12
  1. 01

    National position in Greek

    The Government Committee acts as the NEPIO (the body the IAEA calls the Nuclear Energy Programme Implementing Organisation) and recommends whether or not to begin. No position has been formulated; the decision rests with the Cabinet.

    updated 12/09/2026

    Started
  2. 02

    Nuclear safety in Greek

    The principles are explained in the site’s Safety section. We have not yet examined how they would be built into Greek institutions.

    updated 14/10/2026

    Not yet examined here
  3. 03

    Management in Greek

    A Committee whose members are designated by post rather than by name, plus a Technical Project Team. According to Cabinet Act 28/2026 itself, Committee members receive no remuneration and no expenditure is charged to the state budget; members of the Technical Project Team are not paid for taking part, "beyond what the provisions in force provide in each case".

    updated 15/10/2026

    Started
  4. 04

    Funding and financing in Greek

    Who pays for a nuclear power station is explained in general terms. For Greece there is nothing yet to document.

    updated 14/10/2026

    Not yet examined here
  5. 05

    Legal framework

    What would need to change (licensing in stages, civil liability) is set out in the article on the regulator. We have not yet written up what the law says today, article by article.

    updated 14/10/2026

    Not yet examined here
  6. 06

    Safeguards

    The distinction between safety, security and safeguards is explained. Greece’s arrangements within Euratom have not been examined here.

    updated 14/10/2026

    Not yet examined here
  7. 07

    Regulatory framework

    The regulator exists: the Greek Atomic Energy Commission (EEAE, Law 4310/2014) is the competent authority for nuclear safety and radiation protection, with medical and industrial uses and the GRR-1 research reactor under its supervision, and Presidential Decree 60/2012 is the national framework for the nuclear safety of nuclear installations. What is missing is licensing rules for power plants and the capacity to apply them.

    updated 15/10/2026

    Partly
  8. 08

    Radiation protection

    In place today: dose limits in line with Euratom, inspections by the Greek Atomic Energy Commission (EEAE) and a national radioactivity monitoring network.

    updated 12/09/2026

    In place
  9. 09

    Electrical grid

    The power system exists and both imports and exports electricity through interconnections. How large a unit it could withstand losing instantaneously has not been assessed here.

    updated 14/10/2026

    Partly
  10. 10

    Human resource development

    Some roles require many years of specialised training. We found no published count of how many Greeks work in the nuclear sector abroad.

    updated 15/10/2026

    Not yet examined here
  11. 11

    Stakeholder involvement in Greek

    The Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE), the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), the Union of Greek Shipowners and the network operators can be invited, without a vote. No public consultation has been opened.

    updated 12/09/2026

    Started
  12. 12

    Site and supporting facilities in Greek

    No site has been publicly examined, proposed or ruled out under Cabinet Act 28/2026. What a siting study requires is explained; no place names are given.

    updated 15/10/2026

    Not yet examined here
  13. 13

    Environmental protection in Greek

    We have not examined this yet.

    updated 14/10/2026

    Not yet examined here
  14. 14

    Emergency planning

    For an incident in a neighbouring country there is an international early-notification framework and a national monitoring network. For a plant in Greece, nothing yet.

    updated 12/09/2026

    Partly
  15. 15

    Nuclear security in Greek

    We have not examined this yet.

    updated 14/10/2026

    Not yet examined here
  16. 16

    Nuclear fuel cycle

    The fuel of the GRR-1 research reactor has left the country: the used fuel was returned to its country of origin and the fresh fuel was exported. Very low burn-up natural uranium from experimental subcritical assemblies remains at universities, according to the IAEA ARTEMIS report. A strategy for fuel supply and spent fuel management for a power plant has not been examined here.

    updated 15/10/2026

    Not yet examined here
  17. 17

    Radioactive waste management in Greek

    The general issue is explained. We have not yet examined Greece’s national radioactive waste programme.

    updated 14/10/2026

    Not yet examined here
  18. 18

    Industrial involvement in Greek

    We have not examined this yet.

    updated 14/10/2026

    Not yet examined here
  19. 19

    Procurement in Greek

    We have not examined this yet.

    updated 14/10/2026

    Not yet examined here

Sources

  1. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) · IAEA Nuclear Energy Series No. NG-G-3.1 (Rev. 1), ISBN 978-92-0-104715-1. Milestones in the Development of a National Infrastructure for Nuclear Power. Tier 1 primary official — retrieved 2026-09-12

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