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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)
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2009 Volume 2009, Issue 1

Nuclear Energy Agency

This issue of the Nuclear Law Bulletin features articles on “The Review Conference Mechanism in Nuclear Law: Issues and Opportunities”, “National Implementation and Enforcement of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaties” and “The Decommissioning of Asse II – Burden of the Past in the Feral Republic of Germany”.

English Also available in: French

Articles

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		The Review Conference Mechanism in Nuclear Law Over the past several decades the international community has increasingly come to rely on periodic multilateral conferences or meetings: 1) as a means for reviewing implementation of a wide variety of legal instruments, including those addressing ...	Click to download PDF PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		National Implementation and Enforcement of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaties The act of establishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone (NWFZ) by a state is a sovereign right protected by Article 1 of the Charter of the United Nations and Article VII of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). It is a step ...	Click to download PDF PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		The Decommissioning of Asse II Asse II, a salt mine in the salt formation of the Upper Permian near Wolfenbüttel, has been the subject of heated debates on environmental policy and law in the Federal Republic of Germany for some time. Until 1995, Asse II was used as a trial ...	Click to download PDF PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		Changes in the Legal Status of the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA) This provision in the Ordinance of 18 October 19451 is the birth certificate for the Atomic Energy Commission (hereinafter CEA, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique), a public entity whose legal nature has, for a long time now, been unique and the ...	Click to download PDF PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		Case Law By decision dated 7 April 2009, Mr. Justice Hughes of the Federal Court of Canada denied an application for judicial review submitted by Linda Keen, the former President of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), by which she challenged the ...	Click to download PDF PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		National Legislative and Regulatory Activities One amendment changes the funding of the activities of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) whereby part of the fees is transformed into taxes. Besides taxes, fees and administrative fines, funding is possible by means of donations ...	Click to download PDF PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		Radioactive Waste Management Act (Republic of Korea, 2009) The purpose of this act is to safeguard against the dangers and harmful effects of radioactive waste and to contribute to public safety and environmental protection by laying down requirements for the safe and efficient management of radioactive ...	Click to download PDF PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		International Regulatory Activities This revised proposal,1 adopted by the European Commission on 26 November 2008, replaces and updates the one tabled in September 2004.2 It is based on the principles and requirements of both the Convention on Nuclear Safety3 (CNS) and the ...	Click to download PDF PDF Click to Read online and share READ
		Bilateral Agreements This article presents a selective list of bilateral agreements which have been concluded during the course of the first half of 2009.	Click to download PDF PDF Click to Read online and share READ

The Review Conference Mechanism in Nuclear Law

Over the past several decades the international community has increasingly come to rely on periodic multilateral conferences or meetings: 1) as a means for reviewing implementation of a wide variety of legal instruments, including those addressing ...

National Implementation and Enforcement of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaties

The act of establishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone (NWFZ) by a state is a sovereign right protected by Article 1 of the Charter of the United Nations and Article VII of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). It is a step ...

The Decommissioning of Asse II

Asse II, a salt mine in the salt formation of the Upper Permian near Wolfenbüttel, has been the subject of heated debates on environmental policy and law in the Federal Republic of Germany for some time. Until 1995, Asse II was used as a trial ...

Changes in the Legal Status of the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA)

This provision in the Ordinance of 18 October 19451 is the birth certificate for the Atomic Energy Commission (hereinafter CEA, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique), a public entity whose legal nature has, for a long time now, been unique and the ...

Case Law

By decision dated 7 April 2009, Mr. Justice Hughes of the Federal Court of Canada denied an application for judicial review submitted by Linda Keen, the former President of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), by which she challenged the ...

National Legislative and Regulatory Activities

One amendment changes the funding of the activities of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) whereby part of the fees is transformed into taxes. Besides taxes, fees and administrative fines, funding is possible by means of donations ...

Radioactive Waste Management Act (Republic of Korea, 2009)

The purpose of this act is to safeguard against the dangers and harmful effects of radioactive waste and to contribute to public safety and environmental protection by laying down requirements for the safe and efficient management of radioactive ...

International Regulatory Activities

This revised proposal,1 adopted by the European Commission on 26 November 2008, replaces and updates the one tabled in September 2004.2 It is based on the principles and requirements of both the Convention on Nuclear Safety3 (CNS) and the ...

Bilateral Agreements

This article presents a selective list of bilateral agreements which have been concluded during the course of the first half of 2009.