Ian Truman

Solicitor, Burges Salmon

Ian advises sponsors, developers, technology vendors, operators, insurers, Government departments, funders and contractors on all aspects of international and UK nuclear law, nuclear new build and other nuclear projects.

Ian is the former Deputy General Counsel of the Hinkley Point C nuclear project, a member of the Nuclear Industry Association, the Nuclear Institute, the International Nuclear Law Association and the World Nuclear Association and a joint author of the Burges Salmon Guide to Nuclear Law.

Contributed to

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Convention on Nuclear Safety 1994

Practice notes

This Practice Note provides a snapshot of the 1994 Convention on Nuclear Safety. The note summarises the key articles and how the Convention has been implemented in Europe and the UK. It also looks at the future of the Convention following the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in 2011.

Energy

Energy and Brexit—Euratom and the UK Nuclear Sector

Practice notes

This Practice Note provides the background to the Euratom Treaty and the the UK’s exit from the Euratom Community as a corollary of Brexit. It includes discussion of Brexit and nuclear research and investment, Brexit and nuclear health and safety standards, Brexit and supply of nuclear fuel, Brexit and nuclear safeguards, Brexit and the nuclear common market, and Brexit and nuclear international agreements. It also discusses the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018 (NSA 2018), the Nuclear Safeguards Regulations, and the key aspects of the Nuclear Co-operation Agreement (NCA) between the UK and Euratom.

Energy

Nuclear decommissioning—health and safety

Practice notes

This Practice Note considers health and safety obligations connected with nuclear decommissioning in the UK.

Energy

Safety of Nuclear Installations Directive 2009/71/Euratom—snapshot

Practice notes

This Practice Note also links to related Brexit content. This Practice Note sets out European requirements on the Safety of Nuclear Installations Directive 2009/71/Euratom. It considers the Directive’s objectives, scope, aims, national framework and national implementation.

Environment