INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW







                                           Nuclear energy

        OECD Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy (Paris 1960)

Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage

(Vienna 1963)



Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the

Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention

(Vienna) 1988

    

Protocol 1997 to the Vienna Convention

                   Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (Vienna 1963)

   

Aim:    to establish a regime of minimum standards for liability and

      compensation in the event of a nuclear accident

Obligations:

     - operator is liable for nuclear damage

     - absolute liability of the operator

     - exemptions (act of war, act of God)

     - the time period to bring the action is limited to 10 years

       from the date of the nuclear incident

     - liability limitations – 5 millions of USD

     - financial security or insurance of the operator

    

                         Convention on Assistance in the Case  of a Nuclear
                          Accident or Radiological Emergency (Vienna 1986)

                Convention on Early Notification of Nuclear Accidents (Vienna 1986)

                             Convention on Nuclear Safety (Vienna 1994)

  Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of  Radioactive Waste
                                      Management (Vienna 1997)