Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 102

Complete issue

Articles

In search of the elusive conflict: The (in-)compatibility of the Treaties on the Non-Proliferation and Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by Michael J. Moffatt

From Waste Confidence to Continued Storage: Legal theories supporting the US NRC’s licensing of nuclear facilities without a repository by Andrew P. Averbach

Studies

New framework for radiation protection legislation in Germany by Goli-Schabnam Akbarian

Case law

Belgium

Raad van State [Council of State], 24 May 2018, nr. 241.575

France

Cherbourg high court (Tribunal de grande instance), 16 October 2018, No. 18-00061

Japan

Decision by the Hiroshima High Court on appeal regarding the operation of the Ikata nuclear power plant

United States

Cooper v. Tokyo Electric Power Company, Imamura v. General Electric Company, and other US lawsuits related to the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident

State of Nevada v. US Nuclear Regulatory Commission and David A. Wright, No. 18-1232 (unpublished) (DC Cir. 2019)

National legislative and regulatory activities

France

Liability and compensation

Germany

Food irradiation

Nuclear trade (including non-proliferation)

Transport of radioactive materials

Greece

Nuclear safety and radiological protection (including nuclear emergency planning)

Lithuania

Nuclear safety and radiological protection (including nuclear emergency planning)

Slovak Republic

General legislation, regulations and instruments

Nuclear safety and radiological protection (including nuclear emergency planning)

Spain

Nuclear safety and radiological protection (including nuclear emergency planning)

Switzerland

Nuclear safety and radiological protection (including nuclear emergency planning)

Radioactive waste management

United States

General legislation, regulations and instruments

Radioactive waste management

Intergovernmental organisation activities

European Atomic Energy Community

Institutional issues and regulatory proposals

Published studies

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Nuclear safety

Nuclear security

Nuclear liability

Legislative assistance

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

NEA Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology Framework (NEST) Agreement enters into force

2019 International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE)

News briefs

First topical peer review on managing the ageing of nuclear installations

2019 Fourth International Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident

Second NEA International Radiological Protection School (IRPS)

Recent publications

Nuclear Law in Motion, Proceedings of the AIDN/INLA Regional Conference 2017 in Bonn (2019) by Ulrike Feldmann, Christian Raetzke and Marc Ruttloff (eds.)

List of correspondents to the Nuclear Law Bulletin

Last reviewed: 17 October 2019