Published: 2018-11-16

Evolution of the Legal Status of Nuclear Regulatory Bodies in Poland

Tomasz R. Nowacki
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2018.18.3.05

Abstract

Up to the mid-twentieth century there were no special state authorities or legislation for radiation control, so users of radiation sources had to rely on their own practical and theoretical knowledge of radiation to protect themselves against its harmful effects. The first Polish legislation on radiation protection was instituted in the 1950s, and a decade later a nuclear regulatory authority was appointed. For the next decades this body went through several changes of its name and institutional status, combining supervisory powers in the field of radiation safety with its primary task to stimulate and coordinate the growth of Poland’s nuclear energy industry and technology. Gradually under the influence of international trends and legislation it developed into a regulatory body responsible for nuclear safety, radiological protection, and nuclear security and safeguards. Currently the President of National Atomic Energy Agency (Państwowa Agencja Atomistyki) exercises the powers of the country’s nuclear regulatory body and has the status of a central government administration body.

Keywords:

nuclear law, history of nuclear regulation in Poland, the President of Poland’s National Atomic Energy Agency, nuclear regulatory bodies.

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Nowacki, T. R. (2018). Evolution of the Legal Status of Nuclear Regulatory Bodies in Poland. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 18(3), 115–149. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2018.18.3.05

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