1st Edition

Nuclear Energy Regulation, Risk and The Environment

By Abdullah Al Faruque Copyright 2019
    214 Pages
    by Routledge

    214 Pages
    by Routledge

    Analyzing the impact and benefits of nuclear energy on environment, this book examines nuclear treaties in relation to environmental protection, highlights legal framework on non-proliferation and denuclearization, explores treaties on nuclear safety and nuclear security, discusses legal regimes on management of nuclear wastes, assesses the third-party liability regime and discusses the role of IAEA, EURATOM and NEA in regulating nuclear energy. It explores nuclear energy in the context of climate change and sustainable development. This book also examines the international legal framework on notification, assistance and emergency preparedness in the event of nuclear accidents, considers legal aspects of decommissioning of nuclear power plants and main legislative trends on nuclear energy use in selected countries. It also addresses regulatory responses to nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima power plant nuclear accident in Japan.



    Table of Contents



    Preface



    Abbreviations



    List of cases



    List of Instruments



    List of Statutes



    Chapter 1



    Nuclear Energy in Context



    Chapter 2



    Theoretical Relationship between International Nuclear Energy Law and Environmental Law



    Chapter 3



    Nuclear Accidents and their Environmental Effects



    Chapter 4



    Management of Nuclear Wastes



    Chapter 5



    Legal Regime on Safety and Security of Nuclear Installations



    Chapter 6



    Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations



    Chapter 7



    Legal Regime on Third Party Nuclear Liability



    Chapter 8



    Notification, Emergency Preparedness and Response to Nuclear Accident



    Chapter 9



    Institutional Framework on Regulation of Nuclear Energy



    Chapter 10



    Legislative Trends on Nuclear Energy and Environment in Selected Countries



    Chapter 11



    Review of Regulatory Responses to Fukushima Incident





    Concluding Remarks



    Bibliography



    Index





     







    Biography

    Abdullah Al Faruque, Professor, Department of Law, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh