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What is the impact of Brexit on the UK nuclear sector? As of 31 January 2020 (exit day), the UK ceased to be an EU Member State. From that date, a transition/implementation phase applied, during which the EU continued, for many purposes, to treat the UK as if it remained a Member State. Leaving the EU also entailed withdrawal from the Euratom Community. The transition ended at 11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020—known in UK law as ‘IP completion day’. At that point, key transitional measures expired and notable shifts started to apply across the UK’s legal framework. The UK’s exit from the EU likewise meant departure from Euratom. Any changes pertinent to this content are outlined below. Following IP completion day, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EU(W)A 2018) introduced a new category of domestic law—‘retained EU law’ (REUL)—comprising EU-derived rights and legislation preserved in the UK after Brexit. On 29 June 2023, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (REUL(RR)A 2023) received Royal Assent...

Issue Details Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident Parties: 136 (including 4 non-State parties) Location: Vienna Adopted: 26 September 1986 Came into force: 27 October 1986 Subject: Requirement for prompt notification of nuclear accident What is the background to the 1986 Vienna Convention? The Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident creates a system to alert other States about nuclear events with potential transboundary releases of radiological safety significance. Triggered by the USSR’s failure to share information promptly after Chernobyl, it compels States to provide the accident’s timing, location, details of radioactive releases, and other data vital for assessing the situation. Notices must be sent to potentially affected States directly or via the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and to the IAEA itself. Reporting is obligatory for nuclear accidents linked to the facilities and activities identified in Article 1, while Article 3 allows States to notify other incidents. China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom (UK)...

This Practice Note outlines the practical actions to be weighed by advisers dealing with the immediate consequences of a serious workplace health and safety accident in England, Wales and Scotland. In the moments after an incident, it is crucial that an incident management team is identified promptly and put in place from the outset and without delay. See Practice Notes: Health and Safety Executive prosecutions policy, Dealing with dawn raids by the Health and Safety Executive—key information, Health and safety investigations in Scotland and Corporate manslaughter—enforcement and prosecution. Which regulators will be involved? England and Wales In England and Wales, coordination of investigation and prosecution activity following a work-related death is governed by Work Related Deaths: A Protocol for Liaison (WRDP—England and Wales). The protocol is signed by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) British Transport Police (BTP) Care Quality Commission (CQC) Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) Chief Fire Officers’ Association (CFOA) Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) the Health and...