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Legal instruments that States have adopted include:
Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
Code of Practice on the International Transboundary Movement of Radioactive Waste: The IAEA Code of Practice
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Dumping Convention)(Depositary: International Maritime Organization, London)
Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency
Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident
Convention on Nuclear Safety
Also see An Expanding International Legal Regime: Environmental Protection & Radioactive Waste Management, article in the IAEA Bulletin.

Tracking Global Progress

Selected IAEA Databases
Waste Management Database

Reference Links:
FORATOM, European Atomic Forum
NEA, Nuclear Energy Agency
ARPANSA, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
ANSTO, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland
Radioactive Waste Management Agency, France
National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA), Switzerland
Nuclear Safety Directorate, United Kingdom
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, US Department of Energy (DOE)
Center for Nuclear & Toxic Waste Management (US)
RADWASTE.ORG
The Uranium Institute
Radiation Protection & Radioactive Waste Management, ICRP Recommendations
International Safety Standards for Radioactive Waste Management
Radioactive Waste Disposal in the Arctic Seas
Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials
Spent Fuel Management at Nuclear Power Plants
Technology Transfer & Radioactive Waste Management