NEA Mandates and Structures


Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT)

Chair(s): Valérie NICOLAS, France
Secretary:  Elena DE BOISSIEU
(elena.deboissieu@oecd-nea.org)
Vice-Chair(s): Khalil BUKHARI, United Kingdom
Member(s):All NEA member countries*
Russia (Suspended*)
*Russian Federation suspended pursuant to a decision of the OECD Council.
Full participant(s): European Commission
Under the NEA Statute
Observer(s)(International Organisation): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
By agreement
Date of creation:17 November 2016
End of mandate:17 November 2022

Mandate (Document reference):

  • Summary Record of the Meeting of the Nuclear Law Committee held on 23-24 March 2016 [NEA/SEN/NLC(2016)4/REV1]
  • Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT), Draft Mandate [NEA/NLC/DOC(2016)7]
  • Summary Record of the Meeting of the Nuclear Law Committee held on 16-17 November 2016 [NEA/SEN/NLC(2017)1/REV1]
  • Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT), Draft Mandate for 2019-2022 [NEA/NLC/WPNLT(2019)3]
  • Summary Record of the Meeting of the Nuclear Law Committee held on 27-28 June 2019 [forthcoming]

Mandate (Document extract):

Extract from document NEA/NLC/WPNLT(2019)3

The working party has a mandate to:

  1. examine issues relating to the interpretation and application of international nuclear liability instruments to nuclear transport;

  2. promote the exchange of legal information relating to nuclear liability as applicable to nuclear transport and the sharing of related experience among member countries.