Nuclear law
The goal of the NEA in this area is to help create sound national and international legal regimes required for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, including international trade in nuclear materials and equipment, to address issues of liability and compensation for nuclear damage, and to serve as a centre for nuclear law information and education.
Objectives
- to assist member countries in the development, strengthening and harmonisation of nuclear legislation that is based upon internationally accepted principles for the safe and peaceful use of nuclear energy;
- to contribute to the modernisation of the international nuclear liability regimes and encourage the strengthening of treaty relations between interested countries to address liability and compensation for nuclear damage;
- to collect, analyse and disseminate information on nuclear law generally and on topical nuclear law issues.
For more information on NEA activity on nuclear law, please consult the Office of Legal Counsel programme of work.
Nuclear Law Committee (NLC)
- Nuclear Law Committee (NLC)
- Working Party on Deep Geological Repositories and Nuclear Liability
(password protected | retrieve password) - Working Party on the Legal Aspects of Nuclear Safety
(password protected | retrieve password) - Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport
(password protected | retrieve password)
Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention (CPPC)
- Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention (CPPC)
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OECD/NEA legal instruments
International conventions and agreements
Nuclear liability
- Paris Convention
- Brussels Supplementary Convention
- All nuclear liability conventions and protocols
- Nuclear liability publications, workshops and symposia
- Table on Operator Liability Amounts and Financial Security Limits (non-official) (updated February 2019)
- Table on Priority Rules on Compensation for Nuclear Damage in National Legislation (non-official) (updated April 2018)
Education and training opportunities
Publications programme
Related links
Contact
Last updated: 26 November 2019
Publications
Nuclear Law Bulletin
Current issue, No. 102
NEW
Legal Frameworks
for
Long-Term
Operation of
Nuclear
Power Reactors
Japan's Compensation System for Nuclear Damage (2012) 
International Nuclear Law: History, Evolution and Outlook (2010) 
International Nuclear Law in the Post-Chernobyl Period (2006) 