The Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety (WPLANS) was established by the Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) in 2016 to support of the NEA’s efforts to strengthen its work in the nuclear safe...

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....

The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...

The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law.

The Convention on the Establishment of a Security Control in the Field of Nuclear Energy ("Security Control Convention") and the Protocol on the Tribunal established by the Security Control Conventio...

Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety (WPLANS) meeting held on 26 June 2019. 

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The workshop was held at the International Energy Agency (IEA) Headquarters in Paris on 10-11 December 2013, and gathered nearly 75 invited experts from 14 NEA m...

Albeit remote, the risk of a severe nuclear accident cannot be reduced to zero, carrying the potential to cause grave consequences to the concerned nuclear site and, if offsite radiological releases ...