Nuclear Law Bulletin
No. 59, June 1997
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLES
Comprehensive Ban on Nuclear Tests
by J. Bourgois
Reflections on Liability and Radiological or Nuclear Accidents: The Accidents at
Goiania, Forbach, Three Mile Island and Chernobyl
by M-C. Boehler
Perpetuity of Rights and Obligations in the Agreement for Co-operation
in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Between Euratom and the United
States
by R. Lennartz
CASE LAW
FRANCE
Council of State’s Judgment of 28 February 1997 on Superphenix
IRELAND
Constance Shortt and Others v. Ireland and the Attorney General and British Nuclear Fuels plc.
UNITED STATES
Litigation from the 1979 TMI Accident Takes Another Turn
U.S. Court of Appeals Decision: Department of Energy’s Legal Obligation to Accept Spent Nuclear Fuel
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Judgment of the Court of First Instance in the KLE Case
Judgment of the Court of Justice in the ENU Case
ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS
FRANCE
Decree on Dismantling the EL4 Reactor
NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ACTIVITIES
ARGENTINA
National Law on Nuclear Activities (1997)
BELGIUM
Application of the 1994 Law relating to Radiation Protection and the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (1996)
BRAZIL
Order Relating to Nuclear Safety Policy (1996)
Law Relating to a Special Pension for the Victims of the Accident at Goiania (1996)
CZECH REPUBLIC
Act on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy and Ionising Radiation (1997)
FRANCE
Modification of the 1975 Decree for the Protection of Workers Against the Dangers of Ionising Radiation in Basic Nuclear Installations (1997) ...
Decree Specifying Conditions for the Allocation of Nuclear Materials to Defence Purposes (1996)
Law on Air and the Rational Use of Energy (1996)
GERMANY
Amendment of the Revised 1959 Atomic Energy Act (1996)
Amendment of the Radiation Protection Ordinance and of the X-Rays Ordinance (1996)
Ordinance to Implement the Federal Act on Radiation Protection (1996)
Ordinances on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (1996)
Amendments to Foreign Trade Act and the Foreign Trade Ordinance (1996)
GREECE
Implementation of Euratom Directives into Domestic Law (1996/1997)
HUNGARY
Atomic Energy Act (1996)
INDONESIA
Atomic Energy Act (1997)
IRELAND
Dumping at Sea Act (1996)
ITALY
Decrees Relating to Radiation Protection of Patients (1997)
KAZAKSTAN
Law on the Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy (1997)
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Revision of the Atomic Energy Act (1996)
LATVIA
Regulation Concerning Licences for Activities Dealing with Radioactive Substances and Other Radiation Sources (1996)
Basic Regulations for the Protection Against Ionising Radiation (1997)
LITHUANIA
Law on Nuclear Energy (1996)
MEXICO
Federal Regulations Relating to Safety,
Health and the Environment in the Workplace (1997)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Legislation in the Field of Nuclear Safety and the Financing of Nuclear Activities (1996/1997)
Act on the Radiation Safety of the Public (1997)
Regulation on Nuclear Materials (1996)
Regulation on Nuclear Weapons (1996)
SWITZERLAND
Modification of the Ordinance on Third Party Liability in Nuclear Matters (1996)
UNITED KINGDOM
Privatisation of AEA Technology plc. (1996)
UNITED STATES
Privatisation Plan for U.S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC) (1996)
U.S. Draft Legislation on Spent Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste (1997)
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ACTIVITIES
OECD NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY
Collective Opinion on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (1996)
Seminar on Nuclear Liability and Insurance Issues in Russia (1997)
EUROPEAN UNION
Decision Concerning the Control of Exports of Dual Use Goods (1996)
The Seveso Directive II (1996)
BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
BULGARIA - RussiaN FEDERATION
Agreement for Co-operation in the Field of Nuclear Energy (1996)
GERMANY - United States
Agreement on the Exchange of Technical Information and Co-operation in the Field of Reactor Safety Research and Development (1995)
MEXICO – UNITED STATES
Arrangement for the Exchange of Technical Information and Co-operation in Nuclear Safety and Research Matters (1997)
MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS
Convention on Nuclear Safety – Preparatory Meeting (1997)
LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS
SUPPLEMENT
Romania
Law on the Safe Conduct of Nuclear Activities
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