Strengthening of Nuclear Liability Regime on National, International and European Level : A Tool to Enhance Nuclear New Build
Abstract
This publication deals with nuclear liability framework as laid down in the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage of 1963. In particular, basic liability principles (exclusive liability of the operator, limitation of operator's liability, regime for obligatory insurance or other financial security, exclusive jurisdiction of the court etc.) are being analysed, with regard to the situation in the Central Europe.
Taking the current plans to multiply the number of nuclear installations into consideration, the book deals with the question how to strengthen the nuclear liability regime by acceding to the Protocol of 1997 to Amend the Vienna Convention. Major challenges arising from such step are subject of authors' interest (increasing the liability limits, enlarging the scope of damages, prolonging the time periods for claiming the damages etc.).
Further, the book also focuses on various transposition problems vis-á-vis the national legal framework.