Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 90

Complete issue

Articles

A common high standard for nuclear power plant exports: overview and analysis of the Nuclear Power Plant Exporters' Principles of Conduct by George Perkovich and Brian Radzinsky

The MCP Altona incident: the Canadian regulatory response and framework for the export of uranium by Jacques Lavoie

Conflict of law issues related to Switzerland's participation in the Paris Nuclear Third Party Liability Regime by Michael Waldner

The impact of the Additional Protocol and Strengthened Safeguards: effects on the International Atomic Energy Agency and on states by Benjamin Katzenberg

Case law

France

Administrative Court of Appeal of Lyon regarding EDF's permit to construct a waste conditioning and storage facility (ICEDA) in the town of Saint-Vulbas

Conseil d'État decision regarding Atelier de technologie de plutonium (ATPu) located at the Cadarache site

Germany

Request for arbitration against Germany at the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) because of Germany's legislation leading to the phase-out of nuclear energy

India

Cases related to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP)

Switzerland

Judgement of the Federal Administrative Court in the matter of Balmer-Schafroth a.o.v. BKW FMB Energy Inc. on the revocation of the operating licence for the Mühleberg nuclear power plant

United States

Judgement of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacating the NRC's 2010 Waste Confidence Decision and Rule Update

U.S. Supreme Court declines petition for certiorari filed by property owners on Price-Anderson Act claim for damages

Judgement of the NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board finding applicants ineligible to obtain a combined license because they are owned by a U.S. corporation that is 100% owned by a foreign corporation

Judgement of an NRC Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Authorising Issuance of a license for the construction and operation of a commercial laser enrichment facility

National legislative and regulatory activities

Armenia

Nuclear safety and radiation protection

Brazil

General legislation

Canada

Environmental protection

France

Radioactive waste management

Georgia

Nuclear safety and radiation protection

Greece

Nuclear safety

Emergency preparedness and response

India

Licensing and regulatory infrastructure

Liability and compensation

Ireland

Nuclear safety and radiological protection

Japan

Nuclear Regulation Authority Act

Lithuania

General legislation

Licensing and regulatory infrastructure

Nuclear security

Radioactive waste management

Switzerland

General legislation

Ukraine

Radioactive waste management

General legislation

United Arab Emirates

General legislation

Liability and compensation

United States

Nuclear safety

Emergency preparedness

Intergovernmental organisation activities

European Atomic Energy Community

Proposed legislative instruments

Adopted legislative instruments

Non-legislative instruments

Other activities

International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

Russian Federation to join the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

Participation by the regulatory authorities of India and the United Arab Emirates in the Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP)

International Workshop on Crisis Communication

International School of Nuclear Law

International Nuclear Law Essentials

Multilateral agreements

Documents and legal texts

Canada

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012

Japan

Act for Establishment of a Nuclear Regulation Authority (Act No. 47 of 2012)

Nuclear Power Plant Exporters' Principles of Conduct

International Expert Group on Nuclear Liability (INLEX)

News briefs

International Nuclear Law Association

Nuclear Law Association (India) First Annual Conference

World Nuclear University

Seminar series "Les droits et contentieux du nucléaire" ("Applicable Laws and Litigation in the field of Nuclear Energy"): seminar on "Democracy and Nuclear Activities"

15th meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention: Thematic session on Public Participation in International Forums

European Roundtable and Final European Conference of the "Aarhus Convention and Nuclear approach"

Recent publications

List of correspondents to the Nuclear Law Bulletin

Last reviewed: 10 February 2014