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NUCLEAR LAW BULLETIN No. 57 Contents Detailed Table of Contents Case Law and Administrative Decisions Natwnal Legislative and Regulatory Activities International Regulatory Activities Agreements Texts Bibliography List of Correspondents Supplement June 1996 Nuclear Energy Agency Orgamsatron for Econonuc Co-operabon and Development ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT Pursuant to Art&e 1 of the Convention signed m Pans oo 14th December 1960. and which came mto force 01130thSeptember l%l, the Orgamsahon for Economx Co-operatmn and Development (OECD) shall promote pohnes desIgned. - to achteve tk h&St sostatnabk ezonmuc @wth and employment and a nsm8 standard of lwlng III Member counmes, wh& mamtammg 6naactal stabd~ty, and thus to conmbute to the development of the world economy, - to conmhue to soood economtc expausmn m Member as well as non-member couomes m the process of ec4mmnlc development, and - to coombttte to the ~X~.UOII of wxld h-a& 011 a mulblaterall. non-dwntmoatory basis ~1 accordance with mpemahonal obbgahom. llte ongmal Member counmes of the OECD are Aosma, BeI8am1. Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece. Iceknd. Ireland, Italy, Luxent~. the Nelhdands, Norway, Pormgal. Span Sweden Swtzerland Turkey, the Umtcd Kmgdom and the Umtcd Sws ‘Ihe followtog counmes became Members subsequend) through accessmn at the dates dmted henxfkr Japan (28th Aprd 1964). F&and (28th January 1969) Austmba (7th June 1971). New Zealand (29th May 1973). Mexico (18th May 1994). the Czech Repubbc (2Is.t December 1995) and Hungary (7th May 19%) The Conmussmn of the European Commumues takes part III t&e work of the OECD (Arhck 13 of the OK!D Co”venhOn) NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY l-be OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) ~(1s cstoblrshed on lsr February 19S8 under rhe nome of the OEEC Europeon Nuclear Energy Agency It recewed ,ts present desrgnohon on 20th Apnl I972 when Japan become rtsfirsr non-European full Member NEA membership today con.s,s,s of all European Member counme~ of OECD (IS well os Aurtralur. Conodo Jopm. Rcpubbc of Korea Muaco and the Unmd States The Commns#on of the European Comnuou hCS takes pclrt I” the work of the A&m-y The JVO”Q~~ ob&?chve of NW IS fo pro”Wte co-operoho” ornO,, the 8OW”“W?,,S of 1,s partrclpahng counmes m furthenng the developmem of nnclcnr power os o safe envwonmenrolly acceptable and economx energy *oYrcc Thrs IS ochwved by - encourogrn8 bonnonrzahon of “ohO”o, re&~orypohnes nndproc”ces wth jmrmular reference lo the safety of F”~kar rP,.Wlh~~ prO,eChO” of mm, cQ~W~S~lo,US,“g rod,atIOn and presen’ahon Of the envwonmenl rod~wctzve war,e “,UI‘Z@“,‘?,,t. and m&or rhnrd pony lrobrhty and rnsuronce - c~SS.?SSUE~the conmbunon of nuelcnr power lo the overall energy supply by keeping under re\ re\\ the techmcal and economic mpec,s of ~lclear power growth and fOrm.Shn8 demmd and suj@y for rhe d~fferenr pbaws of the nuclear~W cycle - dzveloprn~ exchmges of scwnnfic mui techmcol mfomnon porhcvlarly through ponrcrponon ,n common scNlcc?s - Se”Vt8 up lnter~no~l research md developnenr Pro~roooPWS and ~ooU UPIdUtahn@ In these and relotcd tasks NEA works m close coltiorohon wrth the Internononal Aromx Energ) Agena m Vienna wth whrch I, has concluded a Co-operahon Agreemenr os well (IS wrh other rnrernononal orgamsa ham I” the nuclear fred LEGAL NOTICE Tbe Chgamstt~~n for Eumomw Ca-operabon and Development assumes no bablllty cuncern@ informaboo pubWed to thlr butktm @ OECD 1996 Applxauoas In pcmuss,o” to xcproduce or translate all or txwt Of tixs pubbcauon should be made to Had of F’ubbcaucms SCIVICC OECD 2 me .4ndl&Pascal 75775 PARIS CEDELX 16 France Foreword Followmg upon the Extension Conference for tk Nuclear Non-Frollfmn Treaty (NPI?, the sues asomted w&h tbe non-prohferabon of nuclear weapons and other dcvlces 1s stdl urltb us today One of the ar~cles m Uus latest ed~hon of the Nuclear Law Bukhn addresses Me state of mtemanoual law m thu field whde another studies the quesbon of s&engthemng the powers of the Internahonal Atoms Energy Agency (IAEA) A thud article deals with a closely related subject, that bemg “consent nghts” m the context of the new nuclear co-operat~on Agreement between the Umted States and the Eumpean Commumty Progress male m Eastem Ehmpe on matters of nuclear law 1s also cove4~I m ulcs new edrclon. lo particular, we are pleased to reproduce, m the Supplement, the text of the Russmn Federahon’s Law on the Use of Nuclear Energy 3 DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ARTICLES Inspedmn for Clandeslme Nuclear Acuvmes Does the Nuclezu Non-Pmltfemnon Treaty Rovnie Legal Authonty for the lntemauonal Aloauc Energy Agency’s Proposals for Reform? by G Bonn 9 Preventmg the Pmhferauon of Nuclear Weapons 50 Years of Atoms for Peace by T Vanden Barre and R Carcbon 23 Consent rzlgbu m the New Agreement for Co-operauon m tbe Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Between the Umted Sues of Amenca and Ewatom by R Lennartz 53 CASE LAW FRANCE Judgments Concemmg tbe La Man&e Storage Centre 64 SWllZERlAND Compensahon for Refusmg (0 Grant a General L~cence 65 UNITED STATES Lmgauon Persws from the 1979 Three Mde Island Accldenc 67 ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS FINLAND Lkcwon on the Fmancml Provrs~on for the Cost of Nuclear Waste Management (1995) 70 GERMANY Recommendahons of the Reactor Safety Commwon and of the Radmtlon Protecllon c0mnuss10n (1995) 70 UNITED KINGDOM Pnvausauon of the Umted Kmgdom Atmmc Energy Aulbonty (AEA Technology) (1995) 71 NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ACI-NITIES AUSTRAUA Recommendauons and Standards on Radmuon Exposures (1995) 72 AUSTRIA Amendment to the Cnmmal Code Concemmg tie Illegal Trade of Nuclear Mater& (1996) 73 BELGIUM lmplemenung Decree for tbe Law of 1994 Concemmg lonrzmg Ra&auon and the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control 73 BRAZIL Resolution of the Ntional Nuclear Energy Comnusslon (CNEN) (1995) 74 Nattonal Councd for the Enwonmenr (CONOMA) (1995) 74 Mm~stenal Order on Rahatton F’rotec~on and Nuclear Safety (1995) 14 Mmlstenal Decree Concemmg Tmnspon By Inland Waters (1995) 75 Law Relatmg to the Export of Sensmve Goods and of Consequenti Serwces (1995) 75 5 DENMARK orders on the MedIcal Appkauoo of lomzmg Radtauon (1995) GERMANY General Mmmg Ordmance lmplementmg EC Duecuves (1995) 76 Ordmances on the Tmnspott of Dangerous Goods (1995.1996) 77 Ordmances to amend the Foretgn Trade Ordmance (1995) 78 HONG KONG Regulauon on Iomzmg Radlauon (1995) 19 INDONESIA Enwonmental Studtes for the Constracimn of Nuclear Power Plants (1994) 79 Envucmmental SNdtes for the Coustntcuon of Nuclear Installauoos Other than Reactors (1994) 7’) Tecbmcal Gmdelmes for Enwomnental Management and Momtonng Procedures ( 1994) 80 LATVIA Lhft Regulauon for Pmtecuou Agamst Iontzmg Radtauon 80 Draft Regulauon on the Issuance of L~cenccs for Acuv~hes wtb Radloacuve Substances and other lomzmg Radmuon Sources 81 PORTVGAL. Reorgamsauon m the Nuclear Sector (1995) 82 SPAIN Royal Decree Modtfymg the Stmcture of the Nuclear Safety Councd ( 1995) 82 URUGUAY Pmvmms relaung to RadIologIcal Emergenctes and to Radrauon Control (1996) INTRRNATIONAL REGULATORY ACXWITUS EUROPEAN UNlON Resoluuw of the European Parlmment on the EU Energy Pohcy (1995) S-1 BILATERAL AGREEMENTS AVSlRL4GERMANY Exchange of lnformattou and Expextence m the Reid of Radlauon Protecuon ( 1994) 86 BRAZIL-INDIA Memorandum of Agreement on Co-operauon m the Fteld of Nuclear Energy (1996) 86 BRAZILUNITED SLATES Protocol to Extend the 1984 Science aud Technology Co-operauon Agreement (1994) 87 BULGARIA-UNITED SLATES Agreement for Co-operauon m tbe Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1996) 87 CANADASL.OVENlA Coqemuon Agreement m the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy ( 1995) 87 CHINA-KOREA Co-opemuve Agreement Coucermng Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1994) 88 EUROPEW COMMISSION-RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE UKRAINE Commenu on the Memoranda of Uademmndm g on Nuclear Tlnrd-Party Llabduy (1995) 89 EVRATOM-UNITED STATES Agreement for Co-operauon m tbe Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1996) 90 FRANCE-GERMANY Jomt Recommendauons on the Safety of Future Nuclear Power Plants ( 1995) 90 GERMANY-LJlHVANlA Agreement on Mutual Asststance In tbe Case of A Dtsastef (1996) 91 GERMANY-UNITED STATE5 Exchange of Informauoo In the Fteld of Nuclear Safety (1995) 91 6 HVNGARYSLOVENIA Agreement on Early Nouticauon of Radtologtcal Emergencies (1995) 92 RUSSIAN FEDERATION-UNITED STATES Exchange of Teclmtcal Informauon m the Reid of Warhead Safety and Secmtty (1995) 92 Annexes to the 1993 Agreement Concemmg HEU Extracted from Nuclear Weapons (1996) 93 SOUTH AFRICA-UNITED STATES Cwopemuve Agreement Concemmg Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (1995) 93 MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS Regtonal Agreement Between Brazd Argenuna Paraguay and Umguay (1994) 94 Memorandum of Understandmg ou the Closure of Chernobyl NPP (1995) 94 Treaty on the Soutlteast Asta Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (1995) 95 Treaty Declarmg Afnca a Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (Pelmdaba) (1995) 96 The Watgam Convenuon (South Pacttic Regton) (1995) 97 Convenuon on Nuclear Safety (1996) 98 Protocols Rehung to the South Pacrftc Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty(1996) 98 TEXTS Extracts of the Euratom/Untted Stales Agreement (1996) 99 Memorandum of Understandlog on tbe Closure of the Chernobyl NPP (1995) 107 Moscow Nuclear Safety and Secunty Sumnut tkclamuon (1996) 109 BIBLIOGRAPHY Umted States NEA. European Commtsston 114 LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS 118 SUPPLEMENT RVSSlAN FEDERATION Fedex-al Law on the Use of Atomtc Energy of 20 October 1995 SWllZERlAND I Rdologml F’mtecuon Act of 22 March 1991 II Rad~ologuzal Protectton Ordmauce of 22 June 1994 7 ARTICLES Inspection for Clandestine Nuclear Activities: Does the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Provide Legal Authority for the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Proposals for Reform? by George Btmn* llus amcle analyses whether the Nuclear Non-F’mhferahon Treaty (NF’T) provtdes legal authonty for Intemammal Atomtc Energy Agency (IAEA) efforts to gam mote mfotmahon and mote tnbustve mspechons to assure that non-nuclear-weapon States (NNWS) that have ~otned the NPT ate not attemphng to make nuclear weapons m vtolanon of that Treaty A.