RULES SPECIFIC TO NUCLEAR INCIDENCE OCCURRING IN INSTALLATIONS OR DURING TRANSPORT OF NUCLEAR SUBSTANCES

International nuclear third party liability conventions deal in depth with the liability system governing the transport of nuclear substances. Without appropriate legislation, international transport would be likely to meet very serious legal difficulties. The rule of nuclear conventions apply the same system to transport as to nuclear installations and mainly enable a determination of the operator liable. They also allow the person responsible for transport to assume liability therefor in place of the operator who whould normally have been liable. These nuclear conventions do not affect application of international transport conventions and this provision has been the cause of serious difficulties regarding maritime transport. This resulted in the adoption in 1971 in Brussels of a convention relating to civil liability in the field of maritime carriage of nuclear material. The purpose of this convention is to establish in the field of maritime transport, the priority of the system of absolute, exclusive and limited liability in the nuclear conventions. (Atomindex citation 08:311338)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Available in microfiche only. In French, Inter-regional training course on nuclear power project planning and implementation, Saclay, France, 30 Mar 1976. U.S. Sales Only.
• Corporate Authors:

  Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique

  Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay
  91191 Gif-sur-Yvette,   France 
• Authors:
  • Rocamora, P
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: 23 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hazardous materials; International; International transportation; Legal constraints; Liabilities; Liability; Maritime law; Nuclear powered ships; Radioactive materials; Radioactive materials; Regulations; Transportation; Transportation policy
• Old TRIS Terms: Hazardous materials transportation; Transport regulations
• Subject Areas: Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168640
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-760399-10
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1978 12:00AM