An overview of various legal systems and corresponding nuclear laws is provided.
Abstract
The
management of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and nuclear wastes demands a
strategy to provide for the safe, secure, and permanent disposal of
radioactive material from power generation, defense uses, and other
activities. Nation states have taken different paths to nuclear waste
management and are at various stages of the development of a nuclear
waste management strategy. A strategy may include developing a
geological repository, nuclear fuel reprocessing, interim storage, as
well as discussions of the creation of a multinational storage facility.
The nation states have each developed (or are developing) a set of laws
and regulations for the management of SNF and nuclear wastes within a
constitutional framework and regulatory space. The paper provides an
overview of the strategy used (or being developed) and its place within
the legal framework. The paper concludes that though each nation state
must look outward to its shared international obligations, there must
also be an inward reflection of a nation state to its own traditions,
customs, and legal/law making regimes. This is to assure a successful
and stable outcome at the present period of time, and into the future.
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