Topic 02. Legislation in the US and in Russia

4. Federal laws and laws of subjects of the Russian Federation as a source of nuclear legislation

The next source of atomic legislation arefederal laws.Federal laws are adopted by the State Duma by a majority vote of the total membership.Those adopted laws are referred to the upper chamber, the Council of the Federation.  Article 106 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation establishes a list of federal laws that after the adoption of the State Duma are subject to mandatory review by the Council of the Federation.

In the field of nuclear energy,the following federal laws exist: Federal Law dated November 21, 1995,№ 170-FZ "On the Use of Atomic Energy"; the Federal Law dated January 10, 2002, № 7-FZ "On Environmental Protection"; the Federal Act dated January 9, 1996, № 3-FZ "On Radiation Safety"' the Federal Law dated July 10, 2001,№92-FZ "On special environmental programs, rehabilitation of radiation contaminated sites territory"; Federal Law dated 23 November 1995,№ 174-FZ "On Environmental Impact Assessment"; the Federal Law dated January 10, 2002, № 2-FZ "On social guarantees for citizens exposed to radiation from nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site";the Federal Law dated June 18, 1992 № 3061- I «On social protection of citizens exposed to radiation as a result of the Chernobyl disaster"; t=ge Federal Law dated November 26, 1998, N 175-FZ "On social protection of Russian citizens exposed to radiation as a result of the accident in 1957 at the production association" Mayak "and discharges of radioactive waste into the Techa River"; the Federal Law dated December 1, 2007, "On the State Atomic Energy Corporation" Rosatom"; theFederal Law dated June 29, 2011, "On Radioactive Waste and Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation," and others.

In addition to federal laws, subjects of the Russian Federation have also passed legislation in the regulation of the use of nuclear energy.For example, in Chelyabinsk Oblast', there is the law of the Chelyabinsk Oblast'dated December 24, 1998 № 60-ZO "On the Radiation Safety of Chelyabinsk Oblast'."

 

В области использования атомной энергии были приняты следующие федеральные законы:

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Наряду с федеральными законами в сфере регулирования использования атомной энергии были приняты и действуют законы субъектов РФ. Например, в Челябинской области действует закон Челябинской области от 24 декабря 1998 г. N 60-ЗО «О радиационной безопасности населения Челябинской области».