Photo: Mistervlad/ShutterstockNationally, countries are advancing the technical development, legislative and regulatory adaptation, and safety and environmental reviews of small modular reactors (SMR...
Nuclear legislation: Slovenia
This country profile of Slovenia provides a detailed review of a full range of nuclear law topics, such as: the general regulatory regime, including mining; radioactive substances and equipment; nucl...
Most countries with a nuclear energy programme have adopted special liability and compensation legislation to ensure that third parties that suffer nuclear damage caused by a nuclear incident have ac...
The Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) established the Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT) in 2016 to address the practical challenges related to the nuclear liability regime(s) applica...
The Paris Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime to compensate victims of a nuclear accident. The PC is open to OECD member countries as of right and non-member countries ...
The Brussels Supplementary Convention establishes a scheme to provide compensation supplementary to that required by the Paris Convention. The BSC is open only to contracting parties to the Paris C...
The Vienna Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime similar to that provided for under the Paris Convention. The Vienna Convention is open to any state.
