Nuclear safety, fuel and waste management, and legal liability: Brussels and Westminister set to legislate.

New legislation directly affecting the nuclear arena is on the immediate horizon at both European Union (EU) and UK levels. This paper looks ahead to the new legislation by examining the supremacy and effect of the more wideranging legislation coming from the EU, and considers the new EU framework Directive on nuclear safety, which had a 1 January 2004 implementation deadline but which is now expected during 2004. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]