Under the decision, the council will provide consultancy to the PM and the government to settle important issues on nuclear safety. 

The council will have a life span of five years and will operate under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST). Its President will be the MoST Minister and its standing agency is to be the Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (ARNS). 

The council will propose policies on nuclear safety to the PM and guidelines for working with the atomic energy as well as the nuclear power industry’s operational processes. It will examine the ARNS’s report on the assessment and safety analysis of the nuclear power plant after its test run and the results of a safety inspection of the plant’s nuclear reactor. 

Before a licence is granted to allow testing or starting up the nuclear power plant, it will discuss the operations with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and also gather opinions from foreign and domestic scientists and experts on nuclear safety.