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Nationally, countries are advancing the technical development, legislative and regulatory adaptation, and safety and environmental reviews of small modular reactors (SMR...
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1 April 2025
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5 September 2025
Montpellier, France
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3 April 2025
Since 2001, the NEA has been consistently providing educational and training programmes in international nuclear law to students and professionals from around the world. The NEA’s goal is to serve as...
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16 April 2025
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law.
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10 April 2025
The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides readers with authoritative and comprehensive information o...
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10 April 2025
The International School of Nuclear Law (ISNL) is a two-week programme run annually by the NEA and the University of Montpellier and supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Coveri...
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3 April 2025
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 Con...
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1 April 2025
The Aarhus Convention obliges states and grants the public rights in three areas of the convention: access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environme...
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1 April 2025
The Early Notification Convention establishes a notification system for nuclear accidents that have the potential for an international transboundary release of radioactive material that could be of...
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1 April 2025
The Convention on Assistance sets up a framework for states parties to co-operate amongst themselves and with the International Atomic Energy Agency to facilitate prompt assistance in the event of ...
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1 April 2025
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1 April 2025
The Joint Convention is an incentive convention that aims to, inter alia, achieve and a high level of safety worldwide in spent fuel and radioactive waste management, through the enhancement of nat...
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1 April 2025
The CPPNM establishes measures related to the physical protection of nuclear material used for peaceful purposes during transport, criminalisation of offenses relating to nuclear material and inter...
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1 April 2025
The objective of the Amendment to the CPPNM is to achieve and maintain worldwide effective physical protection of nuclear material and of nuclear facilities used for peaceful purposes; to prevent a...
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1 April 2025
The Espoo Convention sets out the obligations of parties to assess the environmental impact of certain activities at an early stage of planning and lays down general obligations of states to notify...
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1 April 2025
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.
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1 April 2025
The Joint Protocol acts as a bridge between the Paris and Vienna Conventions, effectively extending the benefits provided by one convention to victims in countries that have joined the other conven...
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1 April 2025
The 1997 Vienna Protocol improves the original regime by requiring that more money be made available to compensate more victims for a broad range of damages.
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1 April 2025
The CSC provides for a global liability and compensation scheme that may supplement that called for under the Paris Convention, the Vienna Convention or Annex state legislation as defined by the CS...
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1 April 2025
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...
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1 April 2025
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 countrie...
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1 April 2025
The Nuclear Terrorism Convention's main objective relates to the criminalisation of a number of nuclear and radioactive material related offences, the establishment of jurisdiction over these offen...
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1 April 2025
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 ...
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31 March 2025
The NEA’s International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE) programme took place on 3-7 March 2025.
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31 March 2025
27 March 2025
13:00-14:00 CET | Zoom webinar
Nuclear law is a highly specialised area of law with limited training available in universities and law schools. Organisations like the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and International Atomic Energ...
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27 March 2025
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire.
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18 March 2025
To help facilitate progress and practical solutions of legal challenges brought by new technologies and innovative nuclear applications, the NEA is co-hosting an international workshop with the Gover...
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17 March 2025
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11 March 2025
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7 March 2025
OECD Conference Centre, Paris
3-7 March 2025
The application period is closed.
Due to exceptionally high demand, the course and waitlist are full.
Dates for the 2026 programme will be announced soon.
Programme
The 2025 Interna...
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31 January 2025
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25 February 2025
National legislation: Czechia
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25 February 2025
Nuclear legislation: Norway
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25 February 2025
NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nuclear safety and ...
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25 February 2025
25 February 2025
Hybrid meeting - Zoom
Women are under-represented in the nuclear energy sector, especially in leadership roles. The future of the nuclear industry requires a robust and diverse workforce to not only drive performance and ...
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4 February 2025
Anciens numéros du Bulletin de droit nucléaire (nos 1 à 94).
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19 February 2025
Older issues of the Nuclear Law Bulletin (Nos. 1 to 94).
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19 February 2025
The Fourth International Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident took place in Lisbon, Portugal in October 2019. It was organised in collaboration with the Instit...
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19 February 2025
National legislation: Republic of Türkiye
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12 February 2025
There are a variety of international conventions and agreements in the nuclear field, to which most countries with significant nuclear activities are parties.
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12 February 2025
Achieving confidence in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy requires the existence of a comprehensive and effective legal framework to protect the health, safety and security of the public and the in...
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12 February 2025
This country profile of Türkiye provides a detailed review of a full range of nuclear law topics, including: the general regulatory regime, including mining; radioactive substances and equipment; nuc...
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12 February 2025
The NEA Working Group on Re-Establishing Nuclear Law Education Programmes met to discuss the ongoing work.
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12 February 2025
Le Bulletin de droit nucléaire est une publication internationale unique en son genre destinée aux juristes et aux universitaires en droit nucléaire. Ses lecteurs bénéficient d’informations exhaustiv...
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11 February 2025
The Convention on the Establishment of a Security Control in the Field of Nuclear Energy ("Security Control Convention") and the Protocol on the Tribunal established by the Security Control Conventio...
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6 February 2025
Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law examines the various interrelated legal issues for the safe, efficient and secure use of nuclear energy. It provides an overview of the complex bo...
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6 February 2025
The International Nuclear Law Essentials (INLE) is a one-week programme run by the NEA covering practical issues in international nuclear law.
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31 January 2025
Nuclear legislation: Korea
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31 January 2025
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29 January 2025
The Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) is a highly focused group of specialists designated by the NEA member countries, comprising lawyers, policy makers, academics and from time to time, technical experts....
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24 January 2025
The Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) established the Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety (WPLANS) in 2016 to support the NEA’s efforts to strengthen its work in the nuclear safety area.
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24 January 2025
