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EPRGWORKINGPAPER
Abstract
Third Party Nuclear Liability: The Case of a
Supplier in the United Kingdom
EPRG Working Paper 1205
Cambridge Working Paper in Economics 1207
Anthony Thomas and Raphael J. Heffron
The law surrounding third party nuclear liability is important to all parties
in the nuclear supply chain whether they are providing decommissioning
services, project management expertise or a new reactor. This paper
examines third party nuclear liability, and in particular, in relation to a
Supplier in the nuclear energy sector in the United Kingdom (UK). The
term "Supplier" is used in this paper and, depending on the context, is
intended to cover all parties in the supply chain providing services,
equipment or technology (e.g. the EPC contractor, the reactor vender,
the owner engineer, architect engineer, or the Parent Body Organisation
responsible for decommissioning one the UK legacy nuclear
installations).
With a return to nuclear new build expected in the UK, the clarification of
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