The Nuclear Energy Agency under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Legal status, research projects, international cooperation

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https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu14.2024.319

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The article deals with the legal status, scientific and international activities of the Nuclear Energy Agency under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD NEA). The outcome of the struggle between Great Britain and France in 1957 was the emergence in the European space of two international organizations dealing with the problems of the peaceful use of atomic energy — Euratom and the OECD NEA. The legal status, structure, procedure for joining the OECD NEA were adopted in its Statute of 1957, which is valid with
amendments and additions in the 1995 edition. The OECD NEA does not have international legal personality and treaty standing; these functions can only be exercised with the consent of the OECD Secretariat. The OECD NEA is engaged in the exchange of information, the compilation of best practices, the promotion of scientific and technical projects and research activities, and the development of nuclear law. Under the auspices of the organization, 58 international
research projects are being carried out. The OECD NEA cooperates with the IAEA, the European Commission of the EU, and EURATOM, ASEANTOM, African Commission
on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE), Inter-American Nuclear Energy Commission. Russia became a full member of the OECD NEA in 2013 and participated in a number of research projects. Based on the Decision of the OECD Secretariat, which was motivated by the special military operation of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, the DPR and the LPR, Russian membership in all bodies in the organization was officially suspended on May 11, 2022. The
politicized refusal of the OECD NEA from the scientific potential of Russia, on the one hand, “impoverished” the Agency, and on the other hand, did not add to it international prestige.

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international nuclear law, uses of atomic energy, nuclear research projects, nuclear safety, international organizations, nuclear installations, radioactive waste

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2024-10-14

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Lebedeva, Y. V. (2024). The Nuclear Energy Agency under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Legal status, research projects, international cooperation. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Law, 15(3), 847–865. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu14.2024.319

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Vol. 15 No. 3 (2024)

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Foreign and International Law

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