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Legal Affairs 2016 N uclear Law Bulletin No. 98 Volume 2016/2 NEA Legal Affairs Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 98 © OECD 2016 NEA No. 7313 NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT The OECD is a unique forum where the governments of 35 democracies work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns, such as corporate governance, the information economy and the challenges of an ageing population. The Organisation provides a setting where governments can compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice and work to co-ordinate domestic and international policies. 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NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) was established on 1 February 1958. Current NEA membership consists of 31 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. The European Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency also take part in the work of the Agency. The mission of the NEA is: – to assist its member countries in maintaining and further developing, through international co-operation, the scientific, technological and legal bases required for a safe, environmentally friendly and economical use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes; – to provide authoritative assessments and to forge common understandings on key issues, as input to government decisions on nuclear energy policy and to broader OECD policy analyses in areas such as energy and sustainable development. Specific areas of competence of the NEA include the safety and regulation of nuclear activities, radioactive waste management, radiological protection, nuclear science, economic and technical analyses of the nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear law and liability, and public information. The NEA Data Bank provides nuclear data and computer program services for participating countries. Also available in French under the title: Bulletin de droit nucléaire n° 98 LEGAL NOTICE The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development assumes no liability concerning information published in this bulletin. This document, as well as any data and map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. Corrigenda to OECD publications may be found online at: www.oecd.org/publishing/corrigenda. © OECD 2016 You can copy, download or print OECD content for your own use, and you can include excerpts from OECD publications, databases and multimedia products in your own documents, presentations, blogs, websites and teaching materials, provided that suitable acknowledgment of the OECD as source and copyright owner is given. All requests for public or commercial use and translation rights should be submitted to [email protected]. Requests for permission to photocopy portions of this material for public or commercial use shall be addressed directly to the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) at [email protected] or the Centre français d'exploitation du droit de copie (CFC) [email protected]. Cover photos: European Union and British Union Jack flags (Shutterstock); Bugey Nuclear Power Plant, Switzerland (SeeSchloss). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Acknowledgements In addition to the authors of the articles, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions to this edition of the Nuclear Law Bulletin: Mr M. R. Páez (Argentina), Ms F. Touïtou-Durand (France), Dr N. Pelzer (Germany), Ms U. Adomaitytė (Lithuania), Mr P. Majerus (Luxembourg), Mr T. Nowacki (Poland), Mr M. Pospisil (Slovak Republic), Mr A. Škraban (Slovenia), Ms N. E. Noëlliste (United States), Mr A. Popov (European Commission), Ms C. Drillat (International Atomic Energy Agency) and Ms E. Reynaers Kini (International Nuclear Law Association). The information submitted to the NEA by these individuals represents the opinions of the authors alone and does not purport to represent the official views or the policies of their governments or any other entity. NUCLEAR LAW BULLETIN No. 98, VOL. 2016/2, NEA NO. 7313, © OECD 2016 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of contents Strengthening the international legal framework for nuclear security: Better sooner rather than later by Anthony C. Wetherall .......................................................................................................... 7 Brexit, Euratom and nuclear proliferation by Anna Södersten .................................................................................................................. 47 McMunn, et al. v. Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc., et al.: The long road to dismissal by Marjorie Berger .................................................................................................................. 57 CASE LAW France .................................................................................................................................... 63 Conseil d’État decision, 22 February 2016, EDF v. Republic and Canton of Geneva relative to the Bugey nuclear power plant (No. 373516) ................................................. 63 United States ........................................................................................................................ 64 Brodsky v. US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 650 Fed.Appx. 804 (2nd Cir. 2016) .. 64 NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ACTIVITIES Argentina .............................................................................................................................. 67 Organisation and structure ................................................................................................ 67 France .................................................................................................................................... 67 Radioactive waste management ........................................................................................ 67 Liability and compensation ................................................................................................ 68 Nuclear facilities .................................................................................................................. 69 Germany ............................................................................................................................... 69 Nuclear trade (including non-proliferation) .................................................................... 69 Radioactive waste management ........................................................................................ 70 Lithuania ............................................................................................................................... 74 Nuclear safety and radiological protection (including nuclear emergency planning) ............................................................................................................................... 74 Nuclear security ................................................................................................................... 75 Radioactive waste management ........................................................................................ 76 Licensing and regulatory infrastructure ........................................................................... 76 Luxembourg ......................................................................................................................... 77 Radioactive waste management ........................................................................................ 77 Poland.................................................................................................................................... 78 Organisation and structure ................................................................................................ 78 Slovak Republic ................................................................................................................... 79 International co-operation ................................................................................................. 79 Nuclear security ..................................................................................................................