Nearly ten years ago, I published an article in the Nuclear Law Bulletin to address changes in the process being applied to licence new reactors in the United States (US).1 At the time, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was faced with the...

Over the course of more than seven decades, treaty norms on the production and utilisation of nuclear energy have been developed, which together form a special section within international law. These norms are the consequence of the unique nature of...

There is ample literature and other material available to describe the detrimental effects and far-reaching consequences of major nuclear incidents.1 Their potential magnitude became evident in particular through the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident2...

United States Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren, 848 F.3d 590 (4th Cir. 2017) United States v. Energy Solutions, Inc.; Rockwell Holdco, Inc.; Andrews County Holdings, Inc.; and Waste Control Specialists, LLC. (D. Del. June 21, 2017) Cooper v. Tokyo...

Algeria Nuclear safety and radiological protection Belgium Liability and compensation Canada Liability and compensation France Radioactive waste management Liability and compensation International co-operation Germany Transport of radioactive...

European Atomic Energy Community Non-legally binding instruments International relations International Atomic Energy Agency Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive...

Belgium Act of 29 June 2014 amending the Act of 22 July 1985 on Third-Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy Belgium Act of 7 December 2016 amending the Act of 22 July 1985 on Third-Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy

Extension of the Framework Agreement of International Collaboration on Research and Development of Generation IV Nuclear Energy System IAEA Practical Arrangements on Nuclear Science Applications International Nuclear Law Association (INLA), German...