Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 64 Detailed Table of Contents

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 64, December 1999

DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLES	Page
The 1968 Brussels Convention and Liability for Nuclear Damage, by Philippe Sands and Paolo Galizzi Disposal of Radioactive Waste: The Question of the Involvement of the Public under International Law, by Pierre Strohl	7 29
CASE LAW
JAPAN Decision rejecting application to close down Tomari nuclear power plant (1999) SWEDEN Judgement by the Supreme Administrative Court on the closing of Barsebäck 1 (1999) UNITED STATES Litigation relating to the Department of Energy�s obligations under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act to accept spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste (1998-1999)	43 43 45
NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ACTIVITIES
AUSTRALIA Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations (1999) AUSTRIA Federal Constitutional Act for a Nuclear-Free Austria (1999) BELARUS Amendments to the Law on Legal Treatment of Territories Contaminated as a Result of the Chernobyl NPP Catastrophe (1999) Decree on Establishing a Uniform State System of Record-keeping and Control of Personal Exposure Doses (1999) BELGIUM Act containing Budgetary and Miscellaneous Provisions (1999) BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA Law on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (1999) BRAZIL Reorganisation of the Scope of Activities of Different Ministries in the Field of Nuclear Energy (1999) BULGARIA Regulation on Planning and Preparedness for Action in the case of a Radiation Accident (1999) CHINESE TAIPEI Nuclear Damage Compensation Law (1997) ESTONIA Decree on the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials (1998) FRANCE Orders Establishing Rules Governing the External Dosimetry of Workers Exposed to Radiation and on the Accreditation of Persons Qualified in Radiation Protection (1999) Decree implementing Article 14 of the Act of 30 December 1991 relating to Research on Radioactive Waste Management (1999) Decree to implement Article 6 of the Act of 30 December 1991 relating to Research on Radioactive Waste Management (1999) Decree authorising the Operation of an Underground Laboratory (1999) Order authorising Électricité de France to Continue Using Water Supplies and Releasing Liquid and Gaseous Waste for the Operation of the Nuclear Installation at Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux (1999) JAPAN Amendment to the Law for the Regulation of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel Material and Reactors (1999) Amendment to the Law on Compensation for Nuclear Damage (1999) KAZAKHSTAN Law on Radiation Safety of the Population (1998) LATVIA Regulations on Control of Radioactive Contamination in Animal Feeding Products (1999) Regulations on Radioactive Waste Management (1999) LITHUANIA Law on Radiation Protection (1999) Law on the Management of Radioactive Waste (1999) NETHERLANDS Royal Decree on the Transfer of Responsibility for the Implementation of the Nuclear Energy Act(1999) SLOVENIA Amendments to the Decree on Imports and Exports of Specified Goods (1999) UKRAINE Decree on State Nuclear Regulatory Administration Matters (1999) Law Authorising the Accession by Ukraine to the 1988 Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention (1999)	47 48 49 50 50 50 53 53 54 54 56 57 58 58 59 60 60
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ACTIVITIES
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY Resolutions adopted by the IAEA General Conference (1999) EUROPEAN UNION Regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of the 1990 Regulation on imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the Chernobyl accident (1999) Recommendation on a classification system for solid radioactive waste (1999)	63 66
BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
ARMENIA � UKRAINE Agreement on Technical Co-operation and Information Exchange in the Field of Nuclear Safety (1999) BRAZIL � UNITED STATES Agreement for Co-operation concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1997) PEOPLE�s REPUBLIC OF CHINA � UNITED STATES Agreement on Co-operation concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technologies (1998) CZECH REPUBLIC � GERMANY Agreement for the Exchange of Information in the Nuclear Energy Field (1999) CZECH REPUBLIC � RUSSIAN FEDERATION Supplement to the 1994 Agreement on Co-operation in the Field of Nuclear Energy (1999) FRANCE � JAPAN Co-operation Agreement on the Management and Disposal of Radioactive Waste (1999) FRANCE � UKRAINE Agreement on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1998) ROMANIA � UNITED STATES Agreement concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1999) RUSSIAN FEDERATION � SYRIA Agreement on Co-operation on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Power (1999) SLOVAK REPUBLIC � UKRAINE Agreement on Early Notification of Nuclear Accidents, Exchange of Information and Co-operation in the Field of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (1998) SLOVENIA � UNITED STATES Renewal of the Arrangement on the Exchange of Technical Information and Co-operation in Nuclear Safety Matters (1999) SWEDEN � UKRAINE Agreement on Early Notification of Nuclear Accidents and on the Exchange of Information on Nuclear Facilities (1999) UKRAINE � UNITED STATES Extension of the Agreement on Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons from Ukraine (1999)	67 67 68 69 69 70 70 70 71 71 72 72 72
MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS
Status of Conventions in the field of Nuclear Energy (1999)	74
TEXTS
CHINESE TAIPEI Nuclear Damage Compensation Law (1997) Enforcement Rules of Nuclear Damage Compensation Law (1998) Announcement of the Atomic Energy Council of the Executive Yuan (1998)	77
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NEWS BRIEFS
INLA, Belgium, France, United States, Uruguay	91
LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS	95
SUPPLEMENT
LITHUANIA
Law on Radiation Protection (1999) Law on the Management of Radioactive Waste (1999)

ARTICLES

Page

The 1968 Brussels Convention and Liability for Nuclear Damage, by Philippe Sands and Paolo Galizzi

Disposal of Radioactive Waste: The Question of the Involvement of the Public under International Law, by Pierre Strohl

7

29 CASE LAW

JAPAN

Decision rejecting application to close down Tomari nuclear power plant (1999)

SWEDEN

Judgement by the Supreme Administrative Court on the closing of Barsebäck 1 (1999)

UNITED STATES

Litigation relating to the Department of Energy�s obligations under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act to accept spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste (1998-1999)

43

45 NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ACTIVITIES

AUSTRALIA

Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations (1999)

AUSTRIA

Federal Constitutional Act for a Nuclear-Free Austria (1999)

BELARUS

Amendments to the Law on Legal Treatment of Territories Contaminated as a Result of the Chernobyl NPP Catastrophe (1999)
Decree on Establishing a Uniform State System of Record-keeping and Control of Personal Exposure Doses (1999)

BELGIUM

Act containing Budgetary and Miscellaneous Provisions (1999)

BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA

Law on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (1999)

BRAZIL

Reorganisation of the Scope of Activities of Different Ministries in the Field of Nuclear Energy (1999)

BULGARIA

Regulation on Planning and Preparedness for Action in the case of a Radiation Accident (1999)

CHINESE TAIPEI

Nuclear Damage Compensation Law (1997)

ESTONIA

Decree on the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials (1998)

FRANCE

Orders Establishing Rules Governing the External Dosimetry of Workers Exposed to Radiation and on the Accreditation of Persons Qualified in Radiation Protection (1999)
Decree implementing Article 14 of the Act of 30 December 1991 relating to Research on Radioactive Waste Management (1999)
Decree to implement Article 6 of the Act of 30 December 1991 relating to Research on Radioactive Waste Management (1999)
Decree authorising the Operation of an Underground Laboratory (1999)
Order authorising Électricité de France to Continue Using Water Supplies and Releasing Liquid and Gaseous Waste for the Operation of the Nuclear Installation at Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux (1999)

JAPAN

Amendment to the Law for the Regulation of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel Material and Reactors (1999)
Amendment to the Law on Compensation for Nuclear Damage (1999)

KAZAKHSTAN

Law on Radiation Safety of the Population (1998)

LATVIA

Regulations on Control of Radioactive Contamination in Animal Feeding Products (1999)
Regulations on Radioactive Waste Management (1999)

LITHUANIA

Law on Radiation Protection (1999)
Law on the Management of Radioactive Waste (1999)

NETHERLANDS

Royal Decree on the Transfer of Responsibility for the Implementation of the Nuclear Energy Act(1999)

SLOVENIA

Amendments to the Decree on Imports and Exports of Specified Goods (1999)

UKRAINE

Decree on State Nuclear Regulatory Administration Matters (1999)
Law Authorising the Accession by Ukraine to the 1988 Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention (1999)

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49

50

53

54

56

57

58

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60 INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ACTIVITIES

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

Resolutions adopted by the IAEA General Conference (1999)

EUROPEAN UNION

Regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of the 1990 Regulation on imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the Chernobyl accident (1999)
Recommendation on a classification system for solid radioactive waste (1999)

63 BILATERAL AGREEMENTS

ARMENIA � UKRAINE

Agreement on Technical Co-operation and Information Exchange in the Field of Nuclear
Safety (1999)

BRAZIL � UNITED STATES

Agreement for Co-operation concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1997)

PEOPLE�s REPUBLIC OF CHINA � UNITED STATES

Agreement on Co-operation concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear
Technologies (1998)

CZECH REPUBLIC � GERMANY

Agreement for the Exchange of Information in the Nuclear Energy Field (1999)

CZECH REPUBLIC � RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Supplement to the 1994 Agreement on Co-operation in the Field of Nuclear
Energy (1999)

FRANCE � JAPAN

Co-operation Agreement on the Management and Disposal of Radioactive Waste (1999)

FRANCE � UKRAINE

Agreement on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1998)

ROMANIA � UNITED STATES

Agreement concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1999)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION � SYRIA

Agreement on Co-operation on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Power (1999)

SLOVAK REPUBLIC � UKRAINE

Agreement on Early Notification of Nuclear Accidents, Exchange of Information and
Co-operation in the Field of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (1998)

SLOVENIA � UNITED STATES

Renewal of the Arrangement on the Exchange of Technical Information and Co-operation in Nuclear Safety Matters (1999)

SWEDEN � UKRAINE

Agreement on Early Notification of Nuclear Accidents and on the Exchange of Information on Nuclear Facilities (1999)

UKRAINE � UNITED STATES

Extension of the Agreement on Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons from Ukraine (1999)

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69

70

71

72 MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS

Status of Conventions in the field of Nuclear Energy (1999)

74 TEXTS

CHINESE TAIPEI

Nuclear Damage Compensation Law (1997)
Enforcement Rules of Nuclear Damage Compensation Law (1998)
Announcement of the Atomic Energy Council of the Executive Yuan (1998)

77 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NEWS BRIEFS

INLA, Belgium, France, United States, Uruguay

91 LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS

95 SUPPLEMENT

LITHUANIA

Law on Radiation Protection (1999)

Law on the Management of Radioactive Waste (1999)