Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 99

Complete issue

Articles

Reformed and reforming: Adapting the licensing process to meet new challenges by Stephen G. Burns

Reflections on the development of international nuclear law by Vanda Lamm

Facing the challenge of nuclear mass tort processing by Norbert Pelzer

Case law

United States

Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren, 848 F.3d 590 (4th Cir. 2017)

United States v. Energy Solutions, Inc.; Rockwell Holdco, Inc.; Andrews County Holdings, Inc.; and Waste Control Specialists, LLC. (D. Del. June 21, 2017)

Cooper v. Tokyo Electric Power Company, No. 15-56426 (9th Cir. 2017)

National legislative and regulatory activities

Algeria

Nuclear safety and radiological protection

Belgium

Liability and compensation

Canada

Liability and compensation

France

Radioactive waste management

Liability and compensation

International co-operation

Germany

Transport of radioactive materials

Radioactive waste management

Lithuania

Nuclear security

Nuclear installations

Radioactive waste management

Slovak Republic

General legislation, regulations and instruments

Slovenia

General legislation

Nuclear safety and radiological protection (including nuclear emergency planning)

Sweden

General legislation, regulations and instruments

United States

General legislation, regulations and instruments

Nuclear installations

Nuclear safety and radiological protection (including nuclear emergency planning)

Intergovernmental organisation activities

European Atomic Energy Community

Non-legally binding instruments

International relations

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS)

Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management (Joint Convention)

Code of Conduct on the Safety of Research Reactors (Code)

Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) and the CPPNM Amendment

International Conference on Nuclear Security: Commitments and Actions

Nuclear liability

Legislative assistance activities

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

Strategic Plan for 2017-2022

Argentina and Romania to become members of the Nuclear Energy Agency

Latest updates regarding the Paris Convention

The NEA and China's National Energy Administration sign MOU to strengthen co-operation

Stakeholder support and involvement essential to future of nuclear energy decision making

Nuclear Law Committee meeting

2017 International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE) course

Regulatory and institutional framework for nuclear activities

NEA publications of interest

Documents and legal texts

Belgium

Act of 29 June 2014 amending the Act of 22 July 1985 on Third-Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy Belgium

Act of 7 December 2016 amending the Act of 22 July 1985 on Third-Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy

News briefs

Extension of the Framework Agreement of International Collaboration on Research and Development of Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems

IAEA Practical Arrangements on Nuclear Science Applications

International Nuclear Law Association (INLA), German Branch, 2017 Bonn Conference

Recent publications

List of correspondents to the Nuclear Law Bulletin

Last reviewed: 11 December 2017