The Netherlands is a signatory of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and has signed and ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), being one of the 44 listed countries needed to sign and ratify for the CTBT to enter into force.

The Netherlands is a member of the NATO military nuclear alliance and actively participates in all aspects of the work of their Nuclear Planning Group.

The Dutch operate one nuclear power plant at Borssele and have decided to keep it operating until 2033. The current government has officially declared that they will ‘not build' during this current term.

The Netherlands also owns one-third of the URENCO uranium enrichment corporation, along with Britain and Germany. Urenco's had over €15 billion worth of orders on its books at the end of 2006, compared with just under €8 billion at the end of 2005. Urenco's share of the worldwide enrichment market, based on sales, was 23% for 2006, up from just under 20% in 2005.

Read the profile on The Netherlands from the Model Nuclear Inventory (pdf), produced by the Reaching Critical Will project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.