Volume 1999, Issue 2

Nuclear Law Bulletin

Nuclear Energy Agency

Published twice a year, the Nuclear Law Bulletin covers legislative developments in almost 60 countries around the world as well as reporting on relevant jurisprudence and administrative decisions, bilateral and international agreements and regulatory activities of international organisations.

Each issue typically includes the following sections: Articles, Case Law, National Legislative and Regulatory Activities, International Regulatory Activities, Agreements, News Briefs, and a Supplement.

English Also available in: French

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ISSN: 16097378 (online)
https://doi.org/10.1787/16097378

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1999 Volume 1999, Issue 2

Nuclear Energy Agency

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency's twice yearly bulletin on developments in nuclear law. This issue includes articles on the 1968 Brussels Convention and the question of involvement of the public under international law on matters concerning the disposal of radioactive waste.

02 Feb 2000 104 pages English Also available in: French

https://doi.org/10.1787/nuclear_law-v1999-2-en

Author(s): OECD and Nuclear Energy Agency

ARTICLES

-The 1968 Brussels Convention and Liability for Nuclear Damage, by Philippe Sands and Paolo Galizzi

-Disposal of Radioactive Waste: The Question of the Involvement of the Public under International Law, by Pierre Strohl

CASE LAW

JAPAN

-Decision rejecting application to close down Tomari nuclear power plant (1999)

SWEDEN

-Judgement by the Supreme Administrative Court on the closing of Barsebäck 1 (1999)

UNITED STATES

-Litigation relating to the Department of Energy’s obligations under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act to accept spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste (1998-1999)

NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ACTIVITIES

AUSTRALIA

-Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Regulations (1999)

AUSTRIA

-Federal Constitutional Act for a Nuclear-Free Austria (1999)

BELARUS

Amendments to the Law on Legal Treatment of Territories Contaminated as a Result of the Chernobyl NPP Catastrophe (1999)

-Decree on Establishing a Uniform State System of Record-keeping and Control of Personal Exposure Doses (1999)

BELGIUM

-Act containing Budgetary and Miscellaneous Provisions (1999)

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

-Law on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (1999)

BRAZIL

-Reorganisation of the Scope of Activities of Different Ministries in the Field of Nuclear Energy (1999)BULGARIA

-Regulation on Planning and Preparedness for Action in the case of a Radiation Accident (1999)

CHINESE TAIPEI

-Nuclear Damage Compensation Law (1997)

ESTONIA

-Decree on the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials (1998)

FRANCE

-Orders Establishing Rules Governing the External Dosimetry of Workers Exposed to Radiation and on the Accreditation of Persons Qualified in Radiation Protection (1999)

-Decree implementing Article 14 of the Act of 30 December 1991 relating to Research on Radioactive Waste Management (1999)

-Decree to implement Article 6 of the Act of 30 December 1991 relating to Research on Radioactive Waste Management (1999)

-Decree authorising the Operation of an Underground Laboratory (1999) authorising Électricité de France to Continue Using Water Supplies and Releasing Liquid and Gaseous Waste for the Operation of the Nuclear Installation at Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux (1999)

JAPAN

-Amendment to the Law for the Regulation of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel Material and Reactors (1999)-Amendment to the Law on Compensation for Nuclear Damage (1999)

KAZAKHSTAN

-Law on Radiation Safety of the Population (1998)

LATVIA

-Regulations on Control of Radioactive Contamination in Animal Feeding Products (1999)

-Regulations on Radioactive Waste Management (1999)

LITHUANIA

-Law on Radiation Protection (1999)

-Law on the Management of Radioactive Waste (1999)

NETHERLANDS

-Royal Decree on the Transfer of Responsibility for the Implementation of the Nuclear Energy Act (1999) SLOVENIA

Amendments to the Decree on Imports and Exports of Specified Goods (1999)

UKRAINE

Decree on State Nuclear Regulatory Administration Matters (1999)

-Law Authorising the Accession by Ukraine to the 1988 Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention (1999)

INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ACTIVITIES

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

-Resolutions adopted by the IAEA General Conference (1999)

EUROPEAN UNION

-Regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of the 1990 Regulation on imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the Chernobyl accident (1999)

-Recommendation on a classification system for solid radioactive waste (1999)

BILATERAL AGREEMENTS

ARMENIA – UKRAINE

-Agreement on Technical Co-operation and Information Exchange in the Field of Nuclear Safety (1999)

BRAZIL – UNITED STATES

-Agreement for Co-operation concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1997)

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA – UNITED STATES

Agreement on Co-operation concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technologies (1998)

CZECH REPUBLIC – GERMANY

-Agreement for the Exchange of Information in the Nuclear Energy Field (1999)

CZECH REPUBLIC – RUSSIAN FEDERATION

-Supplement to the 1994 Agreement on Co-operation in the Field of Nuclear Energy (1999)

FRANCE – JAPAN

-Co-operation Agreement on the Management and Disposal of Radioactive Waste (1999)

FRANCE – UKRAINE

-Agreement on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1998)

ROMANIA – UNITED STATES

-Agreement concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1999)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION – SYRIA

-Agreement on Co-operation on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Power (1999).

SLOVAK REPUBLIC – UKRAINE

-Agreement on Early Notification of Nuclear Accidents, Exchange of Information and Co-operation in the Field of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (1998)

SLOVENIA – UNITED STATES

-Renewal of the Arrangement on the Exchange of Technical Information and Co-operation in Nuclear Safety Matters (1999)

SWEDEN – UKRAINE

-Agreement on Early Notification of Nuclear Accidents and on the Exchange of Information on Nuclear Facilities (1999)

UKRAINE – UNITED STATES

-Extension of the Agreement on Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons from Ukraine (1999)

MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS

-Status of Conventions in the field of Nuclear Energy (1999)

TEXTS

CHINESE TAIPEI

-Nuclear Damage Compensation Law (1997)

-Enforcement Rules of Nuclear Damage Compensation Law (1998)

-Announcement of the Atomic Energy Council of the Executive Yuan (1998)

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NEWS BRIEFS

-INLA, Belgium, France, United States, Uruguay

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