Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 81 |
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Detailed table of contents |
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Articles |
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| Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Licensing New Reactors in the United States, by Stephen G. Burns |
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| The EU and Non-Proliferation: Need for a Quantum Leap?, by Roland Kobia | 31 |
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| Environmental Law Developments in Nuclear Energy, by Stanley David Berger | 55 |
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Perspective on the Pros and Cons of a Pooling-type Approach to Nuclear Third Party Liability, by Simon Carroll |
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Case Law |
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| EUROPEAN UNION | |||
| Judgement of the European Court of Justice on failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations under Directive 96/29/Euratom (2007) | 99 |
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GERMANY |
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| Judgement of the Federal Administration Court on the standing of third parties regarding attacks at interim storage facilities (2008) | 99 |
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| UNITED STATES | |||
| Judgement of the US Court of Appeals on licensing of the LES Uranium Enrichment Facility (2007) | 100 |
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National Legislative and Regulatory Activities |
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| BELARUS | |||
| Act on the development of atomic energy in the Republic of Belarus (2007) | 103 |
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| Decree on the construction of a nuclear power plant (2007) | 103 |
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| Statute of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection in the Ministry of Emergency Situations – Gosatomnadzor (2007) | 104 |
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| FRANCE | |||
| Decree establishing a Political Nuclear Council (2008) | 105 |
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| Decree authorising the establishment of the “Agence France Nucléaire International” within the Atomic Energy Commission (2008) | 105 |
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| GERMANY | |||
| Ratification of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (2007) | 105 |
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| Amendments to the 1993 Foreign Trade Ordinance (2008) | 106 |
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| List of Foreign Trade Regulations (2008) | 106 |
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| ITALY | |||
| Decree designating a working group to identify the procedures and methodology for establishing a centre for technological services and research (2008) | 106 |
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| JAPAN | |||
| Criminal Radiation Emission Act (2007) | 107 |
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| LITHUANIA | |||
| Amendment to the Law on the Nuclear Power Plant (2008) | 108 |
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POLAND |
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| Regulation on the emergency plans for radiation emergency (2007) | 109 |
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| Regulation on the requirements for controlled and supervised areas (2007) | 109 |
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| Regulation on the requirements for individual dose registration (2007) | 110 |
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| Regulation on the state owned public utility “Radioactive Waste Management Plant” (2007) | 110 |
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| Regulation on import, export and transit of spent nuclear fuel intended for reprocessing or storage (2007) | 111 |
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| Regulation on import, export and transit of nuclear materials, radioactive sources and equipment containing such sources (2007) | 111 |
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| ROMANIA | |||
| Government Decision on Romania’s Energy Policy for 2007 to 2010 (2007) | 111 |
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| Guidelines regarding the road haulage of hazardous goods on the Romanian territory (2007) | 112 |
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| Order adopting the INF Code (2008) | 112 |
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| RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |||
| Reform of the Russian nuclear power industry (2007) | 113 |
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| SLOVENIA | |||
| Decree on the designation of affected areas and the compensation due to the limited use of land surrounding the Zirovki Vrh Uranium Mine (2008) | 113 |
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| Decree on safeguarding of nuclear materials (2008) | 114 |
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| SPAIN | |||
| Law creating the Nuclear Safety Council (2007) | 114 |
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| Royal Decree amending the Regulation on Nuclear and Radioactive Installations (2008) | 116 |
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| TURKEY | |||
Regulations on criteria to be met by investors who will construct and operate nuclear power plants (2008) |
116 |
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| Regulation on requirements according to Article 3(3) of the new law on the construction of nuclear power plants and the sale of energy (2008) | 117 |
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| UNITED STATES | |||
| Amendment of Regulations applicable to limited work authorisations for new nuclear power plants (2007) | 117 |
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| Implementation of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (2007) | 117 |
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International Regulatory Activities |
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| EUROPEAN UNION | |||
| Commission Decision concerning the accession of the European Atomic Energy Community to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities (2007) | 121 | ||
| Council Decision establishing Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency (2008) | 121 | ||
| Commission Decision establishing the standard document for the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel (2008) | 121 | ||
News Briefs |
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| EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY | |||
| Meeting of the European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management (2008) | 123 | ||
| Deposit of the Instrument of Conclusion by the European Atomic Energy Community of the MNEPR Agreement (2008) | 123 | ||
| European Nuclear Energy Forum in Prague (2008) | 123 | ||
| Joint Statement of the IAEA and the European Commission (2008) | 124 | ||
| EUROPEAN NUCLEAR ASSEMBLY | |||
| 2008 Conference in Brussels (2008) | 125 | ||
| G8 ENERGY MINISTERIAL MEETING | |||
| Joint Statement by G8 Energy Ministers, Aomori, Japan (2008) | 125 | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY | |||
| Fourth Review Meeting of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (2008) | 125 | ||
| INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR REGULATORS ASSOCIATION | |||
| Statement of the International Nuclear Regulators Association (2008) | 127 | ||
List of Correspondents |
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Last reviewed: 31 March 2010 |
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