Nuclear law

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Atomic law (the law of nuclear energy ) is a sub-area of energy law . It regulates the generation and use of nuclear energy and protection against its dangers. National sources of law are nuclear laws and regulations.

International contract law in this area includes:

  • Liability law
    • Convention of July 29, 1960 on Liability to Third Parties in the Field of Nuclear Energy, the so-called Paris Convention: Contracting states are most of the Western European states
    • Additional agreement of January 31, 1963 to the Paris Agreement, so-called Brussels Additional Agreement: increases the amounts of liability
    • Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage of May 21, 1963, so-called Vienna Convention: concluded within the framework of the UN, 36 contracting parties worldwide, in particular former Eastern Bloc and Latin American countries
    • Joint Protocol on the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention of September 21, 1988, so-called Joint Protocol: regulates the application of the Paris and Vienna Conventions between the states that have acceded to the other treaty.
    • bilateral:
      • Agreement of October 22, 1986 between the Swiss Confederation and the Federal Republic of Germany on liability towards third parties in the field of nuclear energy

Germany

The main source of German atomic law is the Atomic Energy Act .

European Union

One of the roots of the European Union is the European Atomic Energy Community . This was founded with the EURATOM contract .

Switzerland

The main source of law is the Nuclear Energy Act of March 21, 2003

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