During its April 2014 meeting, the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy held a policy debate on “Progress towards a Global Nuclear Liability Regime”. The Steering Committee heard presentations from several experts on nuclear liability issues. To...

Nuclear energy plays a major role in the provision of baseload1 power in countries throughout the world. It provides a clean, safe, economical and reliable source of power that is essential to the development of any economy, and particularly the...

For over 60 years, fusion energy has been recognised as a promising technology for safe, secure and environmentally-sustainable commercial electrical power generation. Over the past decade, research and development programmes across the globe have...

The third annual meeting of the Nuclear Law Association, India (NLAI) was held on 1 March 2014 in New Delhi. This year’s overarching theme was “Nuclear energy and Indian society: Public engagement, risk assessment and legal frameworks”.

Germany Federal Administrative Court confirms the judgments of the Higher Administrative Court of the Land Hesse: The shutdown of nuclear power plant Biblis blocks A and B based on a “moratorium” imposed by the Government was unlawful List of...

Belarus International co-operation Organisation and structure Licensing and regulatory infrastructure Nuclear safety and radiological protection France Nuclear safety and radiological protection Radioactive waste management Environmental protection...

European Atomic Energy Community Proposed binding instruments Adopted legally binding instruments Non-legally binding instruments International Atomic Energy Agency Convention on Nuclear Safety Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management...

The European Commission organised on 29 October 2013 a meeting in Luxembourg with participation of EU neighbouring countries that had not been fully involved in the European stress tests (Armenia, Belarus and Turkey), as well as from the European...