Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2023 16 (5)

Authors

Lebedeva, Yulia V.

Contact information

Lebedeva, Yulia V.: Moscow State Institute of International Relations, MGIMO University Moscow, Russian Federation; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Moscow, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0003-4902-1657

Keywords

legal definition of “spent nuclear fuel”; EU law; Russian law “On the use of atomic energy”; COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2011/70/EURATOM establishing a Community framework for the responsible and safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste; Energy Strategy of Russia for the period up to 2030; MOX fuel for BN‑800 fast reactor

Abstract

The purpose of the study is a comparative research of two legal approaches to define term “spent nuclear fuel” in Russian and EU law. The Russian legislature has determined that spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is not radioactive waste (RW), but it is an independent object of legal regulation and it is subject to further processing for further use as fuel for nuclear power plants. This study analyses the dual-track approach to SNF in EU law, which is enshrined in the EU Directive 2011/70, since some European countries consider spent nuclear fuel as RW, others as a renewable resource. This article supports the idea of adoption a new legal definition of “spent nuclear fuel” in the Russian Federation, which will give an additional impetus to develop the energy dialogue and further cooperation in the nuclear field between the EU countries and Russia; but it also will exclude environmental damage

Pages

733–739

EDN

QMQRGJ

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/150115

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