The Nuclear Law Bulletin is a unique international publication for both professionals and academics in the field of nuclear law. It provides authoritative and comprehensive information on nuclear law developments. Published twice a year in both English and French, it features topical articles written by renowned legal experts, covers nuclear legislative developments worldwide and reports on relevant case law, bilateral and international agreements and regulatory activities of international organisations.

The Nuclear Law Bulletin is also available in French.

Bulletin de droit nucléaire

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Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 112 – Volume 2024/1   

Articles Atoms for Peace in a time of international conflict: Assessing the legal situation of nuclear power plants under belligerent occupation by Emiliano Buis Nuclear rhetoric and response: A historical analysis of Australia’s nuclear law evolution considering global events and the AUKUS partnership by Kirsty Braybon A legal analysis for a future regulatory framework for fusion energy in Japan by Takakazu Kimura Reciprocity principle under the nuclear third party liability conventions

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NLBs from the last 10 years are provided below. In addition, an archive of Nuclear Law Bulletin Nos. 1 to 94 is available. 

Archive of Nuclear Law Bulletin Nos. 1 to 94

Indexes in English (Nuclear Law Bulletin) and French (Bulletin de droit nucléaire) with reference information for all issues are available for free download.

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 111 – Volume 2023/2   

Articles Nuclear liability in respect of Ukraine’s nuclear installations under Russian military control by Nathalie L.J.T. Horbach and Omer F. Brown, II The modern nuclear liability regime’s concept of “environmental damage”: How national courts may apply it and what remedies they may provide for such damage by Sandra Knopp Pisi Nuclear fusion: Legal aspects by Wolfram Tonhauser and Karoly Tamas Olajos

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 110 – Volume 2023/1   

Articles Applicability of the existing nuclear liability conventions to different types of small modular reactors currently under development by Vincent Jérôme H. Roland Responding to the call: Assessing international legal frameworks for response to incidents involving floating nuclear power plants by Jason Karcz

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 108/109 – Volume 2022/1&2    

Articles The future of nuclear energy and the role of nuclear law by Kimberly Sexton Nick The rule of law: A fragile tool for the development of emerging nuclear technologies by Cyril Pinel and Hugo Lopez Legal frameworks for nuclear energy in non-nuclear countries: An Irish case study by Veronica Smith Studies The qualification of nuclear substances and nuclear liability by Elena de Boissieu

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 107 – Volume 2021/2   

Reflections on the negotiations of the Protocols to amend the Paris and Brussels Supplementary Conventions by Marc Léger Articles Significant legal developments concerning “independent” regulatory agencies in the United States and what it could mean for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Eric Michel Studies Slovak legal system for ensuring feasible nuclear back-end system implementation – Part 2: Outlook for future development by Martin Macášek, Michal Šnírer and Vladimír Slugeň

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 106 – Volume 2021/1   FRENCH

Studies Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments on civil liability for nuclear damage by Ulrich Magnus

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 105 – Volume 2020/2    FRENCH

Articles Environmental impact assessments and long-term operation of nuclear power reactors: increasing importance of environmental protection in the European Union? by Sam Emmerechts and Pierre Bourdon Forging a clear path for advanced reactor licensing in the United States: approaches to streamlining the NRC environmental review process by Martin J. O’Neill Studies Slovak legal system for ensuring feasible nuclear back-end system implementation by Martin Macášek, Vladimír Slugeň and Michal Šnírer

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 104 – Volume 2020/1    FRENCH

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 103 – Volume 2019/2    FRENCH

Articles A perspective on key legal considerations for performance-based regulating by Emily Dandy Studies Technology-neutral licensing of advanced reactors: Evaluating the past and present NRC framework by Maxine Segarnick and Sachin Desai

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 102 – Volume 2019/1    FRENCH

Articles In search of the elusive conflict: The (in-)compatibility of the Treaties on the Non-Proliferation and Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by Michael J. Moffatt From Waste Confidence to Continued Storage: Legal theories supporting the US NRC's licensing of nuclear facilities without a repository by Andrew P. Averbach Studies New framework for radiation protection legislation in Germany by Goli-Schabnam Akbarian

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 101 – Volume 2018/2    FRENCH    

Articles The impact of the major nuclear power plant accidents on the international legal framework for nuclear power by Stephen G. Burns Today is yesterday's pupil: Reactor licence renewal in the United States by Kimberly Sexton Nick Studies Euratom competence in the areas of nuclear security and nuclear safety: An impossible parallel? by Athanase Popov

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 100 – Volume 2018/1    FRENCH     

100th edition special feature Nuclear Law Bulletin: A look back at the past 50 years Historical Forewords Nuclear Law Bulletin: Publication covers through time Reflections on the Nuclear Law Bulletin Pierre Strohl Patrick Reyners Julia Schwartz Stephen G. Burns Ximena Vásquez-Maignan Commentaries on the Nuclear Law Bulletin 100 issues of the Nuclear Law Bulletin by Roland Dussart-Desart The Nuclear Law Bulletin: Source of informing on, and instrument of developing, nuclear law. Hommage à un journal juridique by Norbert Pelzer Articles Legal challenges to the operation of nuclear reactors in Japan by Hiroyuki Hase Inside nuclear baseball: Reflections on the development of the safety conventions by Carlton Stoiber Studies The Peaceful Nuclear Energy Program in the United Arab Emirates: Background and history by Amani Al Shamsi

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 99 – Volume 2017/1    FRENCH  

Articles Reformed and reforming: Adapting the licensing process to meet new challenges by Stephen G. Burns Reflections on the development of international nuclear law by Vanda Lamm Facing the challenge of nuclear mass tort processing by Norbert Pelzer

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 98 – Volume 2016/2    FRENCH  

Articles Strengthening the international legal framework for nuclear security: Better sooner rather than later by Anthony C. Wetherall Brexit, Euratom and nuclear proliferation by Anna Södersten McMunn, et al. v. Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc., et al.: The long road to dismissal by Marjorie Berger

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 97 – Volume 2016/1     FRENCH  

Articles Nuclear third party liability in Germany by Christian Raetzke Towards nuclear disarmament: State of affairs in the international legal framework by Sylvain Fanielle The application of the Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context to nuclear energy-related activities

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 96 – Volume 2015/2     FRENCH  

Articles Treaty implementation applied to conventions on nuclear safety by Michel Montjoie Crisis, criticism, change: Regulatory reform in the wake of nuclear accidents by Kimberly A. Sexton

Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 95 – Volume 2015/1    FRENCH  

Articles Entry into force of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage: Opening the umbrella by Ben McRae Towards a new international framework for nuclear safety: Developments from Fukushima to Vienna by Emma Durand‑Poudret Nuclear arbitration: Interpreting non-proliferation agreements by Peter Tzeng

Archive of Nuclear Law Bulletin Nos. 1 to 94