National legislation: Japan
Published date:
19 September 2023
The Joint Convention is an incentive convention that aims to, inter alia, achieve and a high level of safety worldwide in spent fuel and radioactive waste management, through the enhancement of nat...
Published date:
6 December 2023
Acts as a bridge between the Paris and Vienna Conventions, effectively extending the benefits provided by one convention to victims in countries that have joined the other convention.
Published date:
12 April 2022
The Joint Protocol acts as a bridge between the Paris and Vienna Conventions, effectively extending the benefits provided by one convention to victims in countries that have joined the other conven...
Published date:
26 April 2024
Full text of the Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention.
Published date:
26 April 2022
Nuclear legislation: Korea
Published date:
19 September 2023
The legislation country reports provide comprehensive information on the regulatory and institutional framework governing nuclear activities in OECD and NEA member countries.
Published date:
2 April 2024
The Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT) agreed to prepare and publish specific country sheets presenting provisions related to nuclear transport and transit under the relevant na...
Published date:
27 March 2024
Nuclear legislation: Luxembourg
Published date:
25 April 2022
Nuclear legislation: Mexico
Published date:
19 September 2023
Status of accession of the Framework Agreement and Protocol on a Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation (MNEPR).
Published date:
17 November 2023
Information on, including the status of adherence to, the multilateral agreements of highest import to international nuclear law.
Published date:
21 April 2023
Nuclear legislation: Netherlands
Published date:
19 September 2023
National legislation: New Zealand
Published date:
25 April 2022
Nuclear legislation: Norway
Published date:
25 April 2022
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law.
Published date:
26 April 2024
Older issues of the Nuclear Law Bulletin (Nos. 1 to 80).
Published date:
3 April 2023
Table of contents of Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 102
Published date:
15 April 2020
The Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) is a highly focused group of specialists designated by the NEA member countries, comprising lawyers, policy makers, academics and from time to time, technical experts....
Published date:
5 March 2024
Nuclear Law Education Resources
Published date:
6 June 2023
Analytical studies on nuclear legislation in OECD member countries and in Central and Eastern Europe and the NIS issued between 1995 and 2003.
Published date:
27 October 2023
The NEA Division of Nuclear Law (DNL) works on a suite of publications, workshops and symposia to advance cooperation and understanding of nuclear liability.
Published date:
21 April 2022
Convention/treaty status of each member country of the OECD or the NEA.
Published date:
24 January 2024
The Paris Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime to compensate victims of a nuclear accident. The PC is open to OECD member countries as of right and non-member countrie...
Published date:
26 April 2024
The Paris Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime to compensate victims of a nuclear accident. The PC is open to OECD member countries as of right and non-member countries ...
Published date:
30 March 2023
Latest status of ratifications or accessions to the Paris Convention on Nuclear Third Party Liability.
Published date:
4 April 2023
Nuclear legislation: Poland
Published date:
19 September 2023
National legislation: Portugal
Published date:
19 September 2023
The NEA Division of Nuclear Law (DNL) helps create sound national and international legal regimes required for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Published date:
25 April 2022
The Kiev Protocol requires states to evaluate the consequences of their official draft plans and programmes, and, to the extent appropriate, policies and legislation that are likely to have signifi...
Published date:
24 January 2024
The 1997 Vienna Protocol improves the original regime by requiring that more money be made available to compensate more victims for a broad range of damages.
Published date:
26 April 2024
The 2004 Protocol to the BSC improves the existing regime by requiring that significantly more compensation be made available to supplement that which is to be provided for under the Paris Conventi...
Published date:
12 April 2022
The 2004 Protocol to the PC improves the existing regime by requiring that more money be made available to compensate more victims for a broader range of damages.
Published date:
12 April 2022
The Nuclear Law Bulletin (NLB) welcomes submissions from professionals and academics involved in or interested in the field of nuclear law.
Published date:
26 April 2022
National legislation: Republic of Türkiye
Published date:
19 September 2023
National legislation: Romania
Published date:
25 April 2022
Nuclear legislation: Russian Federation
Published date:
19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Slovak Republic
Published date:
19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Slovenia
Published date:
19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Spain
Published date:
19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Sweden
Published date:
19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: Switzerland
Published date:
19 September 2023
The NPT aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology (non-proliferation), to promote co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy (peaceful uses) and to further the g...
Published date:
27 October 2023
Aims to prohibit all nuclear weapon activities, including the development, testing, production, acquisition, possession, stockpiling, use, or threats to use nuclear weapons.
Published date:
24 January 2024
National legislation: United Kingdom
Published date:
19 September 2023
Nuclear legislation: United States
Published date:
19 September 2023
The Vienna Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime similar to that provided for under the Paris Convention. The Vienna Convention is open to any state.
Published date:
26 April 2024
The Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) established the Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT) in 2016 to address the practical challenges related to the nuclear liability regime(s) applica...
Published date:
5 March 2024
The Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) established the Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety (WPLANS) in 2016 to support the NEA’s efforts to strengthen its work in the nuclear safety area.
Published date:
5 March 2024