Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 53

Complete issue

Articles

Health Protection against ionizing radiation and the Court of Justice of the European Communities by R. Lennartz

Causation and the problem of evidence in cases of nuclear damage by P. Ståhlberg

Studies

Three negotiations concerning nuclear law

Potential liability of contractors working on nuclear safety improvement projects in Central and Eastern Europe

Case law

United Kingdom

The Sellafield childhood leukaemia cases (1993)

European Commission

Radiation protection standards dose limits: Commission vs. Belgium

Administrative decisions

Switzerland

Licence for unlimited operation of Beznau II nuclear power plant (1991)

National legislative and regulatory activities

Central and Eastern European Countries

Overview of nuclear legislation

Argentina

Regulations on safe transport of radioactive materials (1993)

Australia

Radiation Control Regulation 1993 (N.S.Wales)

Belgium

Radiation protection and the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (1994)

Amendments of 1963 Order on Protection of the Population and Workers (1993)

Brazil

Application of SIPRON (1993)

Cameroon

Bill on radiation protection (1994)

Finland

Bill to amend Nuclear Liability Act (1994)

France

Organisation of the Ministry for Industry (1993)

Transfer of responsibilities from the CEA to ANDRA (1993)

Training in radiation protection (1994)

Amendment of Order on protection and control of nuclear materials during transport

Italy

Community law in Italian legislation (1994)

Reorganisation of environmental controls and creation of National Environmental Protection Agency (1994)

Circular on shipments of radioactive waste (1993)

Madagascar

Creation of National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (1992)

Radiation Protection Regulations (1993)

Bill on the Transport of Radioactive Materials

Netherlands

Increase in the operator's liability amount (1993)

Portugal

Reorganisation of the General Directorate for Energy (1993)

Creation of General Directorate for the Environment (1993)

Order on the General Directorate for the Environment (1993)

South Africa

Nuclear Energy Act, 1993

Amendment of the Hazardous Substances Act of 1973 (1993)

Switzerland

Revision of Atomic Energy Act and Order (1994)

Amendment of Ordinance on definitions and licences

Tunisia

Bill to set up Centre for Nuclear Science and Technology (1993)

United Kingdom

Increase in nuclear third party liability limits (1994)

United States

Emergency planning and preparedness (1993)

Training of nuclear power plant personnel (1993)

Monitoring nuclear power plants (1993)

Safeguards inspections (1993)

Prematurely shut down power reactors – funding (1993)

Self-guarantee of decommissioning funds (1994)

Decommissioning records and licence terminations (1993)

Export and import of nuclear equipment and materials (1993)

Export licensing of alpha emitters and by-products (1993)

International regulatory activities

NEA

Mexico joins OECD/NEA (1994)

The Republic of Korea joins the NEA Data Bank (1994)

New international standards for radiation protection (1994)

IAEA

Preparatory work on the Nuclear Safety Convention (1994)

Revision of the Vienna Convention and supplementary funding (1994)

European Union

Standard document for shipments of radioactive waste (1993)

Bilateral agreements

Argentina/Indonesia

Peaceful nuclear co-operation (1990)

Australia/CERN

Scientific and technical co-operation (1991)

Poland/Ukraine

Early notification of a nuclear accident and information exchange (1993)

United States/Russia – United States/Ukraine

Operational safety enhancements for civilian nuclear power plants (1993)

Multilateral agreements

Amendment of London Dumping Convention – radioactive waste (1994)

Status of Early Notification and Assistance Conventions (1993)

Status of Physical Protection Convention (1993)

Full Texts

Draft Nuclear Safety Convention

Bibliography

France, United Kingdom, United States, NEA, IAEA

List of correspondents


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