Nuclear Law Bulletin

Issue: 61, 1

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Articles

• The Protocol Amending the 1963 Vienna Convention  7 - 24
  Lamm, Vanda
• The Compensation Convention: Path to a Global Regime for Dealing with Legal Liability and Compensation for Nuclear Damage  25 - 38
  McRae, Ben
• The Development of Nuclear Law Making or the Art of Legal "Evasion"  39 - 54
  Boustany, Katia

Case Law

• Australia: Federal Court Decision on Jabiluka Uranium Mine  55 - 55
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• Germany: New Decisions on the Mülheim-Karlich and Krümmel Nuclear Power Plants  55 - 58
  Posser, Herbert
• Hungary: Decision concerning Chernobyl-related damage  58 - 59
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• United States: DOE's responsibility for Disposal of Spent Fuel  59 - 64
  Angelini, Sophia

National Legislative and Regulatory Activities

• Algeria: Decree Establishing the Atomic Energy Commission (1996)  65 - 66
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• Belarus: New Law on Radiation Protection of the Public (1998)  66 - 66
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• Belgium: Act on the Staffing of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (1997)  66 - 66
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• Belgium: Royal Decree on Radiation Protection (1997)  66 - 67
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• Brazil: Decree Establishing the National Electrical Energy Agency (1997)  67 - 68
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• Brazil: Resolution on Protection Against Fires (1997)  68 - 68
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• Brazil: Resolution on Possession of Radioactive Sources by Natural Persons (1997)  68 - 68
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• People's Republic of China: Overview of Nuclear Legislation in China  68 - 71
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• Czech Republic: Act on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy and Ionising Radiation (1997)  71 - 72
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• Denmark: Order on Dose Limits for Ionising Radiation (1997)  72 - 72
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• Estonia: Radiation Act (1997)  72 - 72
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• France: Installations for the Protection of the Environment (1997)  72 - 73
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• France: Orders on the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (1997)  73 - 73
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• France: Uniform Procedure for the Transport of Dangerous Materials by Road (1997)  73 - 74
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• Germany: Atomic Energy Act and Act on the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (1998)  74 - 76
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• Germany: The Third Ordinance Implementing the Preventive Radiation Protection Act (1997)  76 - 76
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• Germany: Ordinance on Cosmetics (1997)  76 - 76
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• Germany: Ordinance on the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (1997)  76 - 77
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• Germany: Amendment to the Foreign Trade Ordinance (1997-1998)  77 - 77
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• Indonesia: New Third Party Liability Regime under the Act on Nuclear Energy (1997)  77 - 78
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• Latvia: State System of Accounting and Control of Nulcear Materials (1998)  78 - 79
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• Latvia: Control of Strategic Goods and Import of Radioactive Substances (1997-1998)  79 - 79
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• Latvia: Amendment to the Licensing Regulations (1998)  79 - 79
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• Lithuania: Regulations on Licensing of Nuclear Activities (1998)  79 - 80
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• Lithuania: Creation of the Board of State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (1997)  80 - 80
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• Morocco: Decree on Protection Against Ionising Radiation (1997)  80 - 81
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• Morocco: Decree on the Use of Ionishing Radiation for Medical or Dental Purposes (1997)  81 - 81
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• Netherlands: Liability Amount of the Operator of a Nuclear Installation (1998)  81 - 82
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• Poland: Regulation Exempting Certain Activities from Licensing (1997)  82 - 82
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• Poland: Registration and Monitoring of Ionising Radiation Sources (1997)  82 - 82
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• Poland: Conditions for the Import, Export and Transit of Nuclear Materials (1997)  82 - 83
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• Poland: Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection and Staffing Conditions (1997)  83 - 83
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• Romania: Amendment of the Law on the Safe Conduct of Nuclear Activities (1998)  83 - 84
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• Slovak Republic: Law on the Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy (1998)  84 - 86
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• Sweden: Act of the Phasing-out of Nuclear Power (1997)  86 - 87
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• Switzerland: Ordinance on Third Party Liability (1997)  87 - 88
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• Tunisia: Act on the Management and Disposal of Waste (1996)  88 - 88
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• United Kingdom: Merger of British Nuclear Fuels plc & Magnox Electric plc (1998)  88 - 89
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• Ukraine: Law on Uranium Ore Mining and Processing (1997)  89 - 89
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• Ukraine: Amendment of the 1995 Nuclear Act (1997)  89 - 90
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• Ukraine: Law on Protection Against Ionising Radiation (1998)  90 - 90
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• Vietnam: Ordinance on Radiation Safety and Control (1997)  90 - 92
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International Regulatory Activities

• Nuclear Energy Agency: Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the 1960 Paris Convention (1998)  93 - 93
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• European Union: Implementation of Council Directive 96/29/Euratom (1998)  93 - 94
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Bilateral Agreements

• Argentina-Euratom: Co-operation Agreement Relating to the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1996)  95 - 95
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• Argentina-Greece: Agreement on Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1997)  95 - 96
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• Argentina-United States: Co-operations in the Area of Nuclear Energy (1997)  96 - 97
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• Australia-Indonesia: Co-operation in Nuclear Science and Technology (1997)  97 - 98
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• Peoples' Republic of China-United States: Co-operation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1998)  98 - 98
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• Peoples' Republic of China-United States: Agreement of Intent Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology (1997)  98 - 99
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• France-Luthuania: Protocol of Co-operation (1997)  99 - 99
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• Germany-United States: Co-operation in the Area of Nuclear Energy (1998)  99 - 100
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• Greece-Romania: Early Notification and Information on Nuclear Facilities (1997)  100 - 101
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• Hungary-Ukraine: Early Notification and Co-operation in the Field of Nuclear Safety (1997)  101 - 101
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• Switzerland-United States: Agreement in the Field of Radioactive Waste Management (1997)  101 - 102
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Multilateral Agreements

• Co-operation in Transportation of Nuclear Materials (1997-1998)  103 - 103
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• Entry into Force of the Energy Charter Treaty (1998)  103 - 104
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• OSPAR Convention on the North-east Atlantic (1997)  104 - 105
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• Status of recent Nuclear Conventions (1998)  105 - 106
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Bibliography and News Briefs

• NEA, INLA, France, Ukraine  107 - 110
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List of Correspondents

• List of Correspondents  111 - 113
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Supplement

• Czech Republic: Act on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy and Ionising Radiation (1997)   - 
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• Estonia: Radiation Act (1997)   - 
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