Leipzig Conference of the German Branch of INLA
June 12, 2013The 13th Regional Conference of the German Branch of AIDN/INLA was held in Leipzig June, 5-6 2013. The regional conferences of the German Branch of INLA have always been well attended and this year was no exception. The Conference in Leipzig gathered almost one hundred participants coming altogether from more than 20 countries. The theme of the conference „Nuclear Law in the EU and beyond – nuclear safety, new build and phase-out” emphasized that a certain focus, albeit not exclusive, was put on EU issues.
Issues discussed during the conference covered developments currently going on in international, EU and German nuclear law. The conference was held in English, except for the very last session – devoted to complex questions of German nuclear law – which took place only in German language.
The proceedings of the Conference will be published by Nomos Publishers – a renowned legal publishing house. This is envisaged before the end of this year (already published – click here!).
- Click here to see Pictures Slideshow of the 13th Regional Conference in Leipzig (some pictures also available at the bottom of this site)
Below we present the topics, which were covered during Sessions 1-3:
Session 1: Nuclear Safety and Safeguards in the EU
Chair: Michael Micklinghoff
Session Secretary: Julian Rotter
- Andreas Woitecki, Comments on the planned revision of the EU Nuclear Safety Directive
- Rasa Ptasekaite, The concept of “continuous improvement of nuclear safety”
- Wolfgang Kilb, The Euratom Nuclear Safeguards system
Session 2: Nuclear New Build
Chair: Ian Salter
Session Secretary: Łukasz Młynarkiewicz
- Tomasz Nowacki, Poland: establishing nuclear legislation
- Martina Palm, Poland and Germany: Issues of transboundary consultation
- Rüdiger Tscherning, Transportable nuclear power plants – an update on regulatory responses
- Horst Schneider and Erinç Ercan Status of nuclear new build in Turkey
- Ian Salter, NPP progress in the UK
Session 3: Nuclear Liability
Chair: Norbert Pelzer
Session Secretary: Sidonie Royer-Maucotel
- Dirk Harbrücker, Activities of EU Commission in the field of nuclear liability coverage – Some personal remarks
- Roland Dussart-Desart, What can the victims of a nuclear incident expect from the initiative of the EU Commission? (no prosentation)
- Boris Kolesnik, Liability issues in transportation of nuclear materials in absence of global regime of civil liability for nuclear damage
- Els Reynaers, Towards a SAARC-based nuclear liability regime
Session 4: Nuclear Phase-out, Decommissioning and Waste Management
Chair: Christian Raetzke
Session Secretary: Sidonie Royer-Maucotel
- Michael Micklinghoff, Phase-out in Germany – History and outlook
- David Erni, Phase-out and long-term operation legislation in Switzerland
- Bruno Thomauske, Decommissioning and final repositories in Germany
