The Head of PNRI's Nuclear Regulations, Licensing and Safeguards Division, Ms. Eulinia M. Valdezco, added another feather to her cap as she successfully concluded her participation in France's Ecole Internationale de Droit Nucleaire (or the International School of Nuclear Law) which sent official information this month of her outstanding grades in the school's examinations.
After hurdling the course's case studies and online tests, Ms. Valdezco also ably defended her dissertation on “Analysis and Discussion of the Concepts of State Responsibility or State Liability in the Context of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency with Transboundary Effectsâ€. Amid lawyers, legal advisers, counsels and other students, she now therefore finds herself one of the school's privileged alumni. Her Diplôme d'Université en Droit Nucléaire International (Diploma in International Nuclear Law) will be issued by the University of Montpellier in France.
The Nuclear Law School, which was established through the cooperation between the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the University of Montpellier, is organized annually with the aim of acquainting participants with all essential aspects of nuclear law, such as radiological protection, nuclear safety, radioactive waste management, transport of nuclear materials, physical protection, non-proliferation, regulation of trade and nuclear third party liability and insurance.
The School's 2008 session, which begins in August, is now open for admission. Financial support may be sought from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for those intending to join the nuclear law programme.
