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 radiological protection

Brazil

-General legislation

Canada

-Environmental protection

France

-Radioactive waste management

Georgia

-Nuclear safety and radiological 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) Second 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