The NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy (Global Forum) is a framework for sustained co-operation and for enabling a long-term dialogue among academic institutions, policymakers and key stakeholders in the nuclear energy sector and civil society worldwide. Since 2021, the NEA Global Forum has used creative problem-solving to help confront some of the most significant challenges in nuclear education and human capacity.
In the field of nuclear law, there has been insufficient provision to contribute to the development and adaptation required of nuclear law to meet the demands of the future, and the reduction in teaching of nuclear law has held back university-led applied research, at doctoral and post-doctoral levels, resulting in emerging gaps in the international and national legal and regulatory frameworks as new nuclear technologies and applications move toward reality. The NEA Global Forum established the Working Group on Re-Establishing Nuclear Law Education Programmes (GF-WG5) in March 2023, in part, to address these challenges.
GF-WG5 brings together academics and professionals from different universities and law schools who regularly meet to exchange information on existing nuclear law programmes, discuss challenges related to the implementation of nuclear law curricula (including research funding) and assist in the further development of graduate programmes in nuclear law.
The GF-WG5 developed this survey for individuals in the government and the private sector working in the area of nuclear law who can comment knowledgeably on the state of and need for legal staff in their organisation.
The survey is made up of a mix of multiple-choice questions and free text responses. The responses to this survey will be used to develop recommendations on establishing nuclear law courses and programmes. The responses to this survey are anonymous.
The survey will be open until 31 March 2025. For any general queries or issues, please contact robyn.jordan@oecd-nea.org.
