Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 96

Complete issue

Articles

Treaty implementation applied to conventions on nuclear safety by Michel Montjoie

Crisis, criticism, change: Regulatory reform in the wake of nuclear accidents by Kimberly A. Sexton

Case law

Canada

Decision of the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal overturning a decision to send back for reconsideration an environmental assessment of a proposed new nuclear power plant in Ontario

France

Conseil d'État decision, 28 November 2014, Fédération Réseau sortir du nucléaire and others vs. Electricité de France (EDF) (Request No. 367013)

Germany

Judgment of the European Court of Justice on the nuclear fuel tax

India

Judgment of the High Court of Kerala in a public interest litigation challenging the constitutional validity of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010

Japan

District court decisions on lawsuits related to the restart of Sendai NPP and Takahama NPP

Poland

Decision of the Masovian Voivod concerning the legality of the resolution on holding a local referendum in the Commune of Różan regarding a new radioactive waste repository

Certain provisions of the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 18 February 2011 on the conditions for safe use of ionising radiation for all types of medical exposure have been declared unconstitutional by a judgment pronounced by the Constitutional Tribunal

Slovak Republic

Developments in relation to the disclosure of information concerning the Mochovce nuclear power plant

National legislative and regulatory activities

Australia

General legislation

France

General legislation

Germany

Radioactive waste management

Greece

Radioactive waste management

Lithuania

Nuclear safety and radiological protection

Radioactive waste management

Nuclear security

Romania

Licensing and regulatory infrastructure

International co-operation

Nuclear security

Nuclear safety and radiological protection

Slovak Republic

International co-operation

Liability and compensation

General legislation

Slovenia

General legislation

Switzerland

Radioactive waste management

Liability and compensation

United States

Licensing and regulatory infrastructure

Radioactive waste management

Intergovernmental organisation activities

European Atomic Energy Community

Non-legally binding instruments

International Atomic Energy Agency

Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS)

59th regular session of the IAEA General Conference

Nuclear Security (GC(59)/RES/10)

IAEA Treaty Event

Legislative assistance activities

Nuclear Law Institute

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)

European Nuclear Energy Tribunal (ENET) Inaugural Session for the 9th mandate

New signatories to the extension of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) Framework Agreement

Joint Declaration on the Security of Supply of Medical Radioisotopes

International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC)

15th session of the International School of Nuclear Law (ISNL)

2016 session of the International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE)

Multilateral agreements

News briefs

10th European Nuclear Energy Forum Plenary Meeting, 26-27 May 2015, Prague

Nuclear Safety in Europe, 3rd Regulatory Conference, 29-30 June 2015, Brussels

30th Plenary meeting of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG), 30 June and 1 July 2015, Brussels

Recent publications

Burges Salmon Guide to Nuclear Law – Second Edition (2015) edited by Ian Salter

List of correspondents to the Nuclear Law Bulletin

Last reviewed: 23 February 2016

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