Nuclear Law Bulletin
No. 57, June 1996
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLES
Inspection for Clandestine Nuclear Activities: Does the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty Provide Legal Authority for the International
Atomic Energy Agency's Proposals for Reform? by G. Bunn ............... 9
Preventing the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: 50 Years of Atoms for
Peace by T. Vanden Borre and R. Carchon ................................ 23
Consent Rights in the New Agreement for Co-operation in the Peaceful
Uses of Nuclear Energy Between the United States of America and Euratom
by R. Lennartz ......................................................... 53
CASE LAW
- FRANCE
Judgments Concerning the La Manche Storage Centre ...................... 64
- SWITZERLAND
Compensation for Refusing to Grant a General Licence ................... 65
- UNITED STATES
Litigation Persists from the 1979 Three Mile Island Accident ........... 67
ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS
- FINLAND
Decision on the Financial Provision for the Cost of Nuclear Waste
Management (1995) ...................................................... 70
- GERMANY
Recommendations of the Reactor Safety Commission and of the Radiation
Protection Commission (1995) ........................................... 70
- UNITED KINGDOM
Privatisation of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (AEA
Technology) (1995) ..................................................... 71
NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ACTIVITIES
- AUSTRALIA
Recommendations and Standards on Radiation Exposures (1995) ............ 72
- AUSTRIA
Amendment to the Criminal Code Concerning the Illegal Trade of Nuclear
Materials (1996) ....................................................... 73
- BELGIUM
Implementing Decree for the Law of 1994 Concerning Ionizing Radiation
and the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control ............................. 73
- BRAZIL
Resolution of the National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN) (1995) ..... 74
National Council for the Environment (CONOMA) (1995) ................... 74
Ministerial Order on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (1995) .... 74
Ministerial Decree Concerning Transport By Inland Waters (1995) ........ 75
Law Relating to the Export of Sensitive Goods and of Consequential
Services (1995) ........................................................ 75
- DENMARK
Orders on the Medical Application of Ionizing Radiation (1995) ......... 75
- GERMANY
General Mining Ordinance Implementing EC Directives (1995) ............. 76
Ordinances on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (1995-1996) ............. 77
Ordinances to amend the Foreign Trade Ordinance (1995) ................. 78
- HONG KONG
Regulation on Ionizing Radiation (1995) ................................ 79
- INDONESIA
Environmental Studies for the Construction of Nuclear Power Plants (1994) 79
Environmental Studies for the Construction of Nuclear Installations Other
than Reactors (1994) ................................................... 79
Technical Guidelines for Environmental Management and Monitoring
Procedures (1994) ...................................................... 80
- LATVIA
Draft Regulation for Protection Against Ionizing Radiation ............. 80
Draft Regulation on the Issuance of Licences for Activities with
Radioactive Substances and other Ionizing Radiation Sources ............ 81
- PORTUGAL
Reorganisation in the Nuclear Sector (1995) ............................ 82
- SPAIN
Royal Decree Modifying the Structure of the Nuclear Safety Council (1995) 82
- URUGUAY
Provisions relating to Radiological Emergencies and to Radiation
Control (1996) ......................................................... 83
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ACTIVITIES
- EUROPEAN UNION
Resolution of the European Parliament on the EU Energy Policy (1995) ... 84
BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
- AUSTRIA-GERMANY
Exchange of Information and Experience in the Field of Radiation
Protection (1994) ...................................................... 86
- BRAZIL-INDIA
Memorandum of Agreement on Co-operation in the Field of Nuclear
Energy (1996) .......................................................... 86
- BRAZIL-UNITED STATES
Protocol to Extend the 1984 Science and Technology Co-operation
Agreement (1994) ....................................................... 87
- BULGARIA-UNITED STATES
Agreement for Co-operation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear
Energy (1996) .......................................................... 87
- CANADA-SLOVENIA
Co-operation Agreement in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear
Energy (1995) .......................................................... 87
- CHINA-KOREA
Co-operative Agreement Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear
Energy (1994) .......................................................... 88
- EUROPEAN COMMISSION-RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE UKRAINE
Comments on the Memoranda of Understanding on Nuclear Third-Party
Liability (1995) ....................................................... 89
- EURATOM-UNITED STATES
Agreement for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
(1996) ................................................................. 90
- FRANCE-GERMANY
Joint Recommendations on the Safety of Future Nuclear Power Plants (1995) 90
- GERMANY-LITHUANIA
Agreement on Mutual Assistance in the Case of A Disaster (1996) ........ 91
- GERMANY-UNITED STATES
Exchange of Information in the Field of Nuclear Safety (1995) .......... 91
- HUNGARY-SLOVENIA
Agreement on Early Notification of Radiological Emergencies (1995) ..... 92
- RUSSIAN FEDERATION-UNITED STATES
Exchange of Technical Information in the Field of Warhead Safety and
Security (1995) ........................................................ 92
Annexes to the 1993 Agreement Concerning HEU Extracted from Nuclear
Weapons (1996) ......................................................... 93
- SOUTH AFRICA-UNITED STATES
Co-operative Agreement Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1995) 93
MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS
Regional Agreement Between Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay (1994) 94
Memorandum of Understanding on the Closure of Chernobyl NPP (1995) ..... 94
Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (1995) ........... 95
Treaty Declaring Africa a Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (Pelindaba) (1995) .. 96
The Waigani Convention (South Pacific Region) (1995) ................... 97
Convention on Nuclear Safety (1996) .................................... 98
Protocols Relating to the South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty(1996) . 98
TEXTS
Extracts of the Euratom/United States Agreement (1996) ................. 99
Memorandum of Understanding on the Closure of the Chernobyl NPP (1995) . 107
Moscow Nuclear Safety and Security Summit Declaration (1996) ........... 109
BIBLIOGRAPHY
United States, NEA, European Commission ................................ 114
LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS
........................................................................ 118
SUPPLEMENT
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Federal Law on the Use of Atomic Energy of 20 October 1995
SWITZERLAND
I. Radiological Protection Act of 22 March 1991
II. Radiological Protection Ordinance of 22 June 1994