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Practical problems of third party liability connected with nuclear installations (in French)

Conference ·
OSTI ID:4072054
A special regime of liability for nuclear damage was established by the Paris Convention, 1960, and the Vienna Convention, 1963. The same basic principles are embodied in both Conventions. Some discrepancies, however, still exist between them despite the adoption of an additional protocol to the Paris Convention in 1964 for harmonization purposes. Practical problems facing insurers and suggestions for suitable solutions are presented. International transport of nuclear material raises, in particular, complex issues. With regard to civil liability arising out of the carriage of nuclear material by sea, a possible conflict between maritime transport conventions and nuclear liability conventions was resolved by the Brussels' Convention, 1971. Wider ratification of the nuclear conventions appears to be the only way for coping with some remaining difficulties, in particular with respect to nuclear material in transit.
Research Organization:
Commission Permanente du Risque Atomique du Comite Europeen des Assurances, Brussels
NSA Number:
NSA-33-028257
OSTI ID:
4072054
Country of Publication:
IAEA
Language:
French