Articles

-Uranium mining and production: A legal perspective on regulating an important resource  by Lisa Thiele 9

-Turkish nuclear legislation: Developments for a nuclear newcomer by Erinç Ercan and Horst Schneider 29

-Nuclear law and environmental law in the licensing of nuclear installations by Christian Raetzke 55

Case Law

France

-Conseil d’État decision, 28 June 2013, refusing to suspend operation of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant 89

Slovak Republic

-New developments including the Supreme Court’s judgment in a matter involving Greenpeace Slovakia’s claims regarding the Mochovce nuclear power plant 89

-New developments in the matter involving Greenpeace’s demands for information under the Freedom of Information Act 91

Switzerland

-Judgment of the Federal Supreme Court in the matter of the Département fédéral de l’environnement, des transports, de l’énergie et de la communication (DETEC) against Ursula Balmer-Schafroth and others on consideration of admissibility of a request to withdraw the operating licence for the Mühleberg nuclear power plant  91

United States

-Judgment of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granting petition for writ of mandamus ordering US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to resume Yucca Mountain licensing 92

-Judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit invalidating two Vermont statutes as pre-empted by the Atomic Energy Act 93

-Judgment of the NRC on transferring Shieldalloy site to New Jersey’s jurisdiction 94

Nartional Legislative and Regulatory Activities

Algeria

-Nuclear security 97

Armenia

-Nuclear safety and radiological protection 97

Brazil 98

Canada

-Nuclear security 98

-Liability and compensation 99

France

-Radioactive waste management 100

-International co-operation 101

Germany

-Radioactive waste management 102

Greece

-Management of spent fuel and radioactive waste 105

Ireland

-Transport of radioactive material 106

Luxembourg

-Nuclear safety and radiological protection 106

Poland

-Nuclear safety and radiological protection 107

-Radioactive waste management 110

-General legislation 110

Portugal

-General legislation 111

Slovak Republic

-General legislation  111

Slovenia

-Nuclear safety and radiological protection 112

Ukraine

-International co-operation 113

United States

-Issuance of Proposed Waste Confidence Rule and Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement for public comment 113

-Issuance of Final Rule Updating Part 51 and Final License Renewal Generic Environmental Impact Statement Update 114

-Inflation adjustment to the Price-Anderson Act Financial Protection Regulations 115

Uruguay

-Nuclear safety and radiological protection 115

Intergovernmental Organisation Activities

European Atomic Energy Community

-Proposed legislative instruments 117

-Adopted legislative instruments 117

-Non-legislative instruments 118

-International relations 119

International Atomic Energy Agency

-IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety 120

-Convention on Nuclear Safety 120

-Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management 121

-Legislative assistance activities 121

-IAEA Treaty Event 121

-Nuclear Law Institute 121

-Workshop for diplomats on nuclear law 122

-Publication of International Law Series No.5 122

-International Conference on Nuclear Security: Enhancing Global Efforts 122

-57th Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference 123

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

-Joint Declaration on Co-operation signed with the China Atomic Energy Authority  126

-Benchmark Study of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station 127

-New report – The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: OECD/NEA Nuclear Safety Response and Lessons Learnt 127

-NEA holds workshop on nuclear regulatory approaches 128

-14th Regular Meeting of the Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC) 128

Multilateral Agreements 129

Documents and Legal Texts

Russian Federation

-Federal Law No.170 of 21 November 1995 on the use of atomic energy 153

Uruguay

-Law no.19.056 On the Radiological Protection and Safety of Persons, Property and the Environment 191

Japan

-Third Supplement to Interim Guidelines on Determination of the Scope of Nuclear Damage resulting from the Accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi and Daini Nuclear Power Plants (concerning Damages related to Rumour-Related Damage in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery and Food Industries) 197

France and the United States

-Joint Statement on Liability for Nuclear Damage 207

-Franco-Russian Nuclear Power Declaration  209

News briefs

-ENSREG National Action Plans Workshop, 22-26 April 2013, Brussels  211

-24th Plenary meeting of ENSREG – 28 May 2013, Luxembourg 211

-8th Plenary meeting of the European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF), 30-31 May 2013, Prague  211

-Nuclear Safety in Europe, 2nd Regulatory Conference, 11-12 June 2013, Brussels  212

-Nuclear Transparency Watch (NTW) initiated in European Parliament on 7 November 2013  212

-International Nuclear Law Association Congress 213

-Next session of the World Nuclear University Summer Institute 5 July-16 August 2014 214

Recent publications 215

List of correspondents to the Nuclear Law Bulletin   217