Nuclear law

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

For international treaty law in this area include:

• Liability law Convention of 29 July 1960 on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy, known as the Paris Convention: Parties are the most western European countries
• Supplementary Convention of 31 January 1963 Supplementary to the Paris Convention, known as the Brussels Supplementary Convention: increases the amounts of liability
• Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage of 21 May 1963, known as the Vienna Convention: closed within the UN, 36 Parties worldwide, especially former Soviet bloc and Latin American countries
• Joint Protocol on the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention of 21 September 1988, known as the Joint Protocol: regulates the application of the Paris and Vienna Conventions between the States which have acceded to by the other party.
• Bilateral: Agreement dated 22 October 1986 between the Swiss Confederation and the Federal Republic of Germany on the liability towards third parties in the field of nuclear energy

Germany

The main source of law of the German Atomic Energy Act, the Atomic Energy Act.

European Union

One of the roots of the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community. This was established with the EURATOM Treaty.

Switzerland

Main source of law is the Nuclear Energy Act of 21 March 2003