 The primary objective of the NFCIS is to provide the IAEA, its member states, and members of the general public with accurate information about the past, present, and future operations of nuclear fuel cycle facilities around the world.More broadly, the NFCIS contributes to the IAEAs aims of facilitating the peaceful maintenance of atomic energy around the world 

NFCIS was created during the 1980s.The NFCIS was a necessary program introduced by the IAEA since nuclear fuel had been discovered and many countries were starting to produce and stock this material.