12 September 2011
NEC3 – the nuclear engineering contract? It has become the standard suite of construction and engineering contracts in the nuclear decommissioning sector. But why has it become so popular? And is its popularity justified?
15 April 2011
Substantial changes to current legislation governing nuclear liability in the UK are afoot. The proposed amendments are significant and will impact throughout the nuclear sector, from those involved in decommissioning and the transport of nuclear material, through to new build.
05 April 2011
The latest edition of our Environment and Energy Law Newsletter.
22 March 2011
Nuclear Liability - broadening the scope, the Government Consultation on the implementation of changes to the Paris and Brussels Conventions on third party nuclear liability.
01 January 2011
For the UK, delivering a safe, long term storage/disposal solution for radioactive waste is a central and important issue spanning both decommissioning and new build markets.
01 October 2010
In this edition Gareth Davies reviews Stephen Tromans latest Nuclear Law text book - 'Nuclear Law - The Law Applying to Nuclear Installations and Radioactive Substances in its Historic Context'.
01 July 2010
While researching the nuclear industry in all its many facets, health & safety has been mentioned on many occasions and with it the law, and how it affects the people who work within it. In the first of series of articles Gareth Davies from Burges Salmon sheds some light on what can often be a very thorny and complicated subject.
14 June 2010
Our latest update on developments in the arena of nuclear law, along with news of Burges Salmon's recent involvement in nuclear related projects and transactions.
01 December 2009
Our latest environmental and energy law newsletter covering a range of topics including Energy, Renewables, Nuclear, Carbon, Waste, Chemicals, Legislation, Water, Litigation and Air Quality.
30 November 2009
The government is planning to overhaul the current suite of Exemption Orders under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993, revoking all existing Exemption Orders and replacing them with one conditional Exemption Order. Click on the link to read more.
30 November 2009
New regulations which came into force on 30th October 2009 will potentially have direct and significant impacts on discharges of radioactive substances to groundwater. Click on the link to read more.
10 November 2009
This article gives an overview of the Nuclear National Policy Statement (NPS) and associated documents were published on 9 November 2009. The nominated sites included in the NPS are Bradwell, Braystones, Hartlepool, Heysham, Hinkley Point, Kirksanton, Oldbury, Sellafield, Sizewell and Wylfa.
13 August 2009
The latest edition of our Environment and Energy Law newsletter. In this edition we look at: Energy and Power; Carbon, Climate Change and Sustainability; Waste and Contaminated Land; Chemicals, REACH and GHS; Environmental Legislation and Litigation and a review of case updates.
30 March 2009
Our Nuclear Law team's newsletter. This edition covers Transfrontier Shipment Regulations, DECC consultations and Commission updates.
16 March 2009
This edition of IndustryLink contains a profile of Ian Salter - Head of Nuclear at Burges Salmon
16 March 2009
Legal Business published this feature on the Nuclear industry in February, it looks at how the sector will develop over the next few years.