Amendments on the Inspection of the Nuclear Power Plants

Law on Amendments related to Electricity Market Law and Other Laws (“Law”) has come into force with the Official Gazette dated June 17, 2016 and numbered 29745.

The Law has brought dramatic changes on the construction inspections of nuclear power plants. Under the amendments, provisions of Construction Inspection Law numbered 4708 and provisions related scientific responsibility of Construction Zoning Law numbered 3194 will not be applied for the constructions made on the nuclear power plant field.

Construction inspection of the nuclear power plants will be made by construction inspection firms, which are legal entities, authorized by Turkish Atomic Energy Authority. The inspections will be made in accordance with the provisions of the service agreement made within the inspection firm and license holder of the nuclear power plant. It is provided in the Law that a new regulation will be published to detail the service agreement, within 1 (one) year as of the publication of the Law and the service agreement must be made pursuant to the service agreement.

It is also clearly provided in the amended article that the inspections’ being made by such inspection firms will not affect the exclusive and strict liability of license holder of the nuclear power plant.

Yazar : Gulel Hukuk