INLA Working Group I on Regulation Meeting in Cordoba, Spain

February 10-12, 2010

In Cordoba, Spain along with two other INLA members, Ahab Abdel Aziz, a CNLO Board member, presented a paper on regulatory independence. His paper is available to CNLO Members under Meeting Meetings on this website.

Another presentation of particular interest to Canadian lawyers, was that of Christian Raetzke of E.ON Kernkraft and Sam Emmerechts of the Nuclear Energy Agency on legal aspects of the long term operation of nuclear power plants. This is also available to CNLO members under Meeting Minutes on this website.

Other Topics Included:

  1. Goal-setting regulation (with probability-measurement techniques included in the rule-making) and the aspect of the reviewability of regulatory decision making (what is covered by the nuclear license and what is covered by the guidance documents)
  2. The role and independence of the nuclear regulator, and the implementation- and enforcement-policies
  3. License renewal and plant life extension