Price-Anderson Law - reports on Price-Anderson issues

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5855543

Five of the six papers in this study are by experts outside the nuclear industry, and deal with fear, risk, and risk management as they apply to the review of the Price-Anderson Act. The purpose of the Act is to encourage private enterprise to develop a reliable source of electric power and to protect the public from the financial consequences of injury or damage that may occur during the process. The titles of the five papers are: (1) the effects of ionizing radiation on human health, (2) proof of causation through expert opinion evidence in low-level radiation cases, (3) a critical review of the probability of causation method, (4) the nuclear liability claims experience of the nuclear insurance pools, (5) review of nuclear liability compensation systems applicable to reactors outside the United States, and (6) the economic foundations of limited liability for nuclear reactor accidents. A separate abstract was prepared for each of the papers for EDB, EPA, and INS.

• OSTI ID: 5855543
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ABSTRACTS
ACCIDENTS
DOCUMENT TYPES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
INDUSTRY
INSURANCE
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LAWS
LEADING ABSTRACT
LEGAL ASPECTS
LIABILITIES
NUCLEAR INDUSTRY
NUCLEAR INSURANCE
PRICE-ANDERSON ACT
RADIATIONS
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
RISK ASSESSMENT
VICTIMS COMPENSATION