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Emergency Preparedness definition

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What does Emergency Preparedness mean?

The state of being prepared for a radiological emergency so as to minimise Nuclear Damage.

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Energy legislation tracker 2019

Energy legislation tracker 2019 This Energy legislation tracker tool displays key upcoming legislation of interest to Energy lawyers from 1 January 2019. The tracker is divided into the following jurisdictions: • England and Wales • European Union Legislation will be displayed in reverse chronological order. Legislation that is only applicable to Wales (Wales Statutory Instruments—Wales SI) will be indicated on the tracker. Legislation which was laid in 2018 and came into force in 2019 can be found at the top of the Energy legislation tracker 2018 [Archived]. Lexis®Library has launched three new features: Amendment Highlighter, Timeline and Legislation Menu. These new features will make it quicker and easier to access and track new legislation that the government intends to pass be it a Bill, Statutory Instruments (SI) or a new Act of Parliament as well as view historic, current and future changes to legislation. For information on previous legislation trackers, see: • Energy legislation tracker 2018 [Archived] • Energy legislation tracker 2017 [Archived] • Energy legislation tracker 2016 [Archived] Brexit impact As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an implementation period, during which it continues to be subject to EU law. The implementation period will end on implementation period completion day (IP completion day, 31 December 2020, although potentially subject to change). This has an

Nuclear sector projects

Nuclear sector projects The UK nuclear market for construction industry supply chain members is significant. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority projected spend of £3.3bn for the financial year 2015/16 purely in relation to civil decommissioning—add in military decommissioning and the significant future value of the nuclear new build market and the overall market is huge. The sector requires a wide range of construction-related inputs, from large-scale civil engineering, demolition and project management, through to design services and facilities management (and much more besides). Some of these services require specialist nuclear know-how, others do not (although all members of the nuclear supply chain need to be aware of the special considerations which apply to working in the nuclear sector). The nuclear sector is heavily regulated, especially in the UK, and the contracting structures and documents used can be correspondingly complex. This Practice Note provides an introduction to the sector from a legal adviser's perspective. Sector background The UK nuclear sector can be divided into: • decommissioning (of which civil (ie non-MoD) decommissioning represents the significant majority, and hence will be the focus of this Practice Note), and • a relatively fledgling new build market Decommissioning Simply put, nuclear decommissioning entails taking a designated nuclear site (often—but not always—the site of a nuclear power station which has ceased operating) and returning it to a safe non-radioactive, cleared state. There are numerous stages to this, and the detail

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Public Law weekly highlights—5 May 2022

This week's edition of Public Law weekly highlights includes the latest updates and analysis on the conflict in Ukraine and the sanctions against the Russian state. Also included are selected Brexit headlines, including the government's postponement of post-Brexit import checks to 2023; a ministerial update on the ongoing reviews of the substance and status of retained EU law (REUL); minutes for the second meeting of the Specialised Committee on Energy; progress in the UK's international trade priorities, as well as the latest post-Brexit guidance and SIs. Coronavirus (COVID-19) updates include key legislation and operational guidance from the courts. Also in this edition, analysis of the EU Digital Services Act's ban on 'dark patterns'. Further included, parliamentary approval of the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme's (ICGS) multiple complaints process; the third annual report of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation on the Terrorism Acts; updated procurement policy guidance for Welsh public contracts; the latest freedom of information (FOI) statistics; the launch of Elizabeth Line on 24 May 2022, plus additional updates and analysis on constitutional and administrative law, equality and human rights, public procurement, State aid, information law, and projects and infrastructure. Case analysis this week includes details and analysis of the latest constitutional and administrative law, equality and human rights, and judicial review cases, including a Supreme Court decision upholding a finding that Voter ID pilots were lawful, two Privy Council decisions upholding a ban on same-sex marriage in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, and the High Court's approval of Kellogg's application for a judicial review of a ban on promotions of food and drinks high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS).

Public Law weekly highlights—7 April 2022

This week's edition of Public Law weekly highlights includes the latest updates on the conflict in Ukraine and the sanctions against the Russian state. Also included are selected Brexit headlines, including a House of Lords Library briefing on the union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the DIT consultation on the Gulf Cooperation Council and the European Scrutiny Committee’s 20th report on EU policy areas of significance to the UK, as well as the latest post-Brexit guidance and SIs. Coronavirus (COVID-19) updates include the latest HMCTS operational summary and the Supreme Court’s announcement of Lord Reed’s withdrawal of the Covid Practice Note.

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