I write regularly on the topics that run through my practice: developments in French and European nuclear law, industrial authorisation regimes, how the ICPE/IOTA/INB frameworks interact, and the deployment of small modular reactors. The texts below bring together published articles and studies.
Small modular reactors: a joint interview with Marc Léger and Grégoire Lunven
Original title: Petits réacteurs modulaires : interview croisée de Marc Léger et de Grégoire Lunven
Bulletin du droit de l'environnement industriel (BDEI), n° 121, 1 January 2026, Lamy Liaisons
Interview by Xavier de Lesquen and Gabriel de Champeaux (Cabinet Lacourte Raquin & Associés)
A joint interview on the tensions that small modular reactors place on the legal regime governing basic nuclear installations, and on possible avenues for reform — financing, taxation, a proportionate approach, nuclear civil liability, and the interplay between authorisation procedures.
Original text in French.
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Are SMRs driving the transformation of nuclear law?
Original title: Les SMR incitent-ils à la transformation du droit nucléaire ?
Revue Générale du Nucléaire (RGN), Société française d'énergie nucléaire (SFEN), 16 December 2025
Co-written with Marc Léger (former General Counsel of the CEA)
A comparative analysis of nuclear law reform efforts under way in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Finland, Sweden and Italy, and of the changes that would be desirable for French law in light of the deployment of small modular reactors.
Original text in French.
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The legal regime for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs): what changes do SMRs entail for French nuclear law?
Original title: Le régime juridique des Petits Réacteurs Modulaires (PRM) : quels changements dans le droit nucléaire français les PRM impliquent-ils ?
Study — Legal clinic of the Sciences Po School of Law, 2024-2025
With Marc Léger, Clément Perche, Jingjie Zhu and Saveen Jimenez
An in-depth study identifying the legal obstacles to deploying SMRs in France and proposing avenues for reforming the regime governing basic nuclear installations, nuclear-specific taxation, and the nuclear civil liability regime.
Original text in French.
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