Nuclear Law BulletinPub Date : 2013-09-20DOI: 10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2013-5K40CR157H5F
P. Johnson
{"title":"The post-Fukushima Daiichi response: The role of the Convention on Nuclear Safety in strengthening the legal framework for nuclear safety","authors":"P. Johnson","doi":"10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2013-5K40CR157H5F","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2013-5K40CR157H5F","url":null,"abstract":"The accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (hereinafter the Fukushima Daiichi accident) on 11 March 2011 brought nuclear safety to the forefront of global attention.","PeriodicalId":299751,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Law Bulletin","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125667974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Law BulletinPub Date : 2013-09-20DOI: 10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2013-5K40CR11H5MT
William C. Ostendorff, K. Sexton
{"title":"Adequate protection after the Fukushima Daiichi accident: A constant in a world of change","authors":"William C. Ostendorff, K. Sexton","doi":"10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2013-5K40CR11H5MT","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2013-5K40CR11H5MT","url":null,"abstract":"The tragic accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) will long be seen as a seminal event in the history of commercial nuclear power. Within the United States, not since the accident at Three Mile Island in 1979 has the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) been confronted with as many important issues, so central to the core of its mission, as have arisen following the Fukushima Daiichi accident. While much of the agency’s attention has rightfully been on the technical merits of the NRC’s Near-Term Task Force (NTTF)1 Report recommendations, the long-term regulatory implications of our post-Fukushima Daiichi actions have not always received similar scrutiny. Now that sufficient time has passed, I believe it is appropriate to take a step back and at a high level see what impact implementation of all these actions will have on our regulatory framework and our approach to adequate protection. Top","PeriodicalId":299751,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Law Bulletin","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124932663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Law BulletinPub Date : 2013-09-20DOI: 10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2013-5K40CR1094BP
N. Pelzer
{"title":"Safer nuclear energy through a higher degree of internationalisation?: International involvement versus national sovereignty","authors":"N. Pelzer","doi":"10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2013-5K40CR1094BP","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2013-5K40CR1094BP","url":null,"abstract":"On 11 March 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident occurred.1 In responding to this accident, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 30 March 2011, with broad support by the IAEA Member States, called for a Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety which took place in Vienna from 20–24 June 2011.2 On 20 June 2011, the Conference adopted a Declaration on Nuclear Safety, which, inter alia, expresses sympathy and solidarity with Japan and emphasises “the importance of implementing enhanced national and international measures to ensure that the highest and most robust levels of nuclear safety are in place, based on the IAEA safety standards, which should be continuously reviewed, strengthened and implemented as broadly and effectively as possible and commit to increase bilateral, regional and international cooperation to that effect.”3 The declaration furthermore requested the Director General of the IAEA to prepare a report and to draft an action plan building on the declaration and on the outcome of the ministerial conference.","PeriodicalId":299751,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Law Bulletin","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116595257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Law BulletinPub Date : 2013-03-25DOI: 10.1787/nuclear_law-2012-5k480sc526hc
G. Perkovich, B. Radzinsky
{"title":"A common high standard for nuclear power plant exports","authors":"G. Perkovich, B. Radzinsky","doi":"10.1787/nuclear_law-2012-5k480sc526hc","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/nuclear_law-2012-5k480sc526hc","url":null,"abstract":"At this time, there is no overarching global framework to regulate the development of the nuclear power industry. Laws concerning the export of nuclear technology vary across jurisdictions, and politically-binding arrangements such as the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) help ensure that weapons-usable or dual-use technologies are not exported, but no single international regime or agreement manages the gamut of potential risks that may arise from the export of civilian nuclear power plants.","PeriodicalId":299751,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Law Bulletin","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120951399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Law BulletinPub Date : 2013-03-25DOI: 10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2012-5K480SC4HB7L
J. Lavoie
{"title":"The MCP Altona incident: the Canadian regulatory response and framework for the export of uranium","authors":"J. Lavoie","doi":"10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2012-5K480SC4HB7L","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2012-5K480SC4HB7L","url":null,"abstract":"On 23 December 2010, a cargo ship carrying 350 000 kilograms (kg) of uranium ore concentrates (U3O8) belonging to the Canadian resource corporation Cameco left Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and encountered severe weather conditions between Hawaii and the Midway Islands in international waters en route to Zhanjiang, People’s Republic of China (PRC). The ship, the MCP Altona, suffered some damage to its hull but was able to continue to operate through the storm. Once the sea had calmed, the crew noticed that some of the containers on the ship had shifted and had been damaged. The captain, however, was unable to secure the necessary authorizations to obtain safe harbour in the area as there were no signs of immediate risk to the health and safety of the ship’s crew. On Cameco's recommendation, the ship returned to British Columbia.","PeriodicalId":299751,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Law Bulletin","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133968343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Law BulletinPub Date : 2013-03-25DOI: 10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2012-5K480SC4FPVB
Michaela Waldner
{"title":"Conflict of law issues related to Switzerland's participation in the Paris Nuclear Third Party Liability Regime","authors":"Michaela Waldner","doi":"10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2012-5K480SC4FPVB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2012-5K480SC4FPVB","url":null,"abstract":"In spite of the active role Switzerland played during the negotiation process of the Paris Convention, it only recently ratified the Convention including all its amending Protocols. The whole Paris regime will become binding for Switzerland only upon entry into force of the Protocols of 2004. Concurrently, the Federal Council will put into force a revised Swiss Nuclear Liability Act and ratify the Joint Protocol. Being a party to the Paris regime and the Joint Protocol, Switzerland will be in treaty relationships with Paris states and with Vienna states which are party to the Joint Protocol.","PeriodicalId":299751,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Law Bulletin","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134171118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Law BulletinPub Date : 2012-06-26DOI: 10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2012-5K94KP7MFNZN
Zoltán Turbék
{"title":"Global nuclear law in the making","authors":"Zoltán Turbék","doi":"10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2012-5K94KP7MFNZN","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2012-5K94KP7MFNZN","url":null,"abstract":"The revision process of the International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (BSS), Safety Series No. 115, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as 1996 BSS1) has reached its final stage. After the review of the 1996 BSS in 2005, the revision process started in 2006 and the final draft of the revised BSS2 was submitted to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA or Agency) in August 2011 for approval. Subsequent to the decision of the IAEA Board of Governors adopted on 12 September 2011, the competent organs of the other potential sponsoring organisations also started to adopt or acknowledge, as appropriate, the text, which then will come into force one year after the date of the respective adoption or acknowledgement by the relevant organisation.","PeriodicalId":299751,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Law Bulletin","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128328678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Law BulletinPub Date : 2012-06-26DOI: 10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2012-5K94KP7MDSLS
V. Ferrazzano, Serena Scarabotti
{"title":"Italian decommissioning in the post-referendum era","authors":"V. Ferrazzano, Serena Scarabotti","doi":"10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2012-5K94KP7MDSLS","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2012-5K94KP7MDSLS","url":null,"abstract":"The accident at the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant materially reverberated, with its emotional impact, on the preparation of a new nuclear policy in Italy. Italians, wishing to decide directly on the electric power source for their country, applied for a referendum procedure aimed at abrogating the newly enacted legal framework1 which would have paved the way for an Italian nuclear renaissance. The referendum on the repeal of nuclear power passed on 12-13 June 2011.","PeriodicalId":299751,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Law Bulletin","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134408195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Law BulletinPub Date : 2012-01-23DOI: 10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2011-5K9GW8KMHRF4
U. Blohm-Hieber
{"title":"The Radioactive Waste Directive: a necessary step in the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste in the European Union","authors":"U. Blohm-Hieber","doi":"10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2011-5K9GW8KMHRF4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2011-5K9GW8KMHRF4","url":null,"abstract":"Council Directive 2011/70/Euratom of 19 July 2011 establishing a Community framework for the responsible and safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste1 (Waste Directive) was adopted with the support of all member states of the European Union. Following the adoption of the Council Directive establishing a Community framework for the nuclear safety of nuclear installations in 2009 (Safety Directive), the Waste Directive represents another important step towards building and strengthening the most advanced possible legal framework for nuclear energy in Europe.","PeriodicalId":299751,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Law Bulletin","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121649334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Law BulletinPub Date : 2012-01-23DOI: 10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2011-5K9GW8KMD5Q1
Cristian Defrancia
{"title":"The continuing role of item-specific agreements in the IAEA safeguards system","authors":"Cristian Defrancia","doi":"10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2011-5K9GW8KMD5Q1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/NUCLEAR_LAW-2011-5K9GW8KMD5Q1","url":null,"abstract":"The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) “safeguards system” serves as the foundation of the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, under which the IAEA acts as an auditor, monitor and inspector of state-administered nuclear energy programmes. The system consists of agreements and practices that enable the IAEA to gain a clear picture of a state’s nuclear activities in order to provide credible assurances that nuclear energy is used for exclusively peaceful purposes.","PeriodicalId":299751,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Law Bulletin","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116466228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}