NEA Mandates and Structures

Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT)

Chair(s):	Valérie NICOLAS, France	Secretary:	Elena DE BOISSIEU (elena.deboissieu@oecd-nea.org)
Vice-Chair(s):	Khalil BUKHARI, United Kingdom
Member(s):	All NEA member countries^*
	Russia (Suspended*)
	^*Russian Federation suspended pursuant to a decision of the OECD Council.
EU participation:	The European Union (EU) takes part in the work of the NEA, in accordance with the NEA Statute and the Supplementary Protocol to the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Observer(s)(International Organisation):	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) By agreement
Date of creation:	17 November 2016
End of mandate:	17 November 2025

Mandate (Document reference):

Summary Record of the Meeting of the Nuclear Law Committee held on 23-24 March 2016 [NEA/SEN/NLC(2016)4/REV1]
Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT), Draft Mandate [NEA/NLC/DOC(2016)7]
Summary Record of the Meeting of the Nuclear Law Committee held on 16-17 November 2016 [NEA/SEN/NLC(2017)1/REV1]
Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT), Draft Mandate for 2019-2022 [NEA/NLC/WPNLT(2019)3]
Summary Record of the Meeting of the Nuclear Law Committee held on 27-28 June 2019 [NEA/SEN/NLC(2019)2/REV1]
Review of mandate of the Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT) for 2022-2025 [NEA/NLC/WPNLT(2022)1]
Summary Record of the Meeting of the Nuclear Law Committee held on 29-30 June 2022 (forthcoming)

Mandate (Document extract):

Extract from document NEA/NLC/WPNLT(2022)1

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The working party has a mandate to:

examine issues relating to the interpretation and application of international nuclear liability instruments to nuclear transport;
promote the exchange of legal information relating to nuclear liability as applicable to nuclear transport and the sharing of related experience among member countries.

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