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Liability and Compensation for Nuclear Damage

The Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy is an OECD Convention on liability and compensation for nuclear damage. The following countries have ratified this Convention: the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Greece, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Slovenia and Turkey. The Convention ensures compensation for nuclear damage that crosses borders. It imposes no-fault liability for nuclear damage on a designated operator of the nuclear installation causing damage and channels all liability to that operator, in order that victims may sue an identifiable party. The operator's liability under the Convention may be limited in time and amount. Finally, victims in all Parties to the Convention should have equal access to compensation.

The Brussels Convention supplementary to the Paris Convention is an OECD Convention on supplementary compensation for nuclear damage. The following countries have ratified the Convention: the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia and Norway.

The Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage is a UN Convention on liability and compensation for nuclear damage similar to the Paris Convention. A new Convention on Supplementary Compensation was agreed to provide additional compensation, although this has not yet entered into force. The Vienna Convention and Paris Convention are linked by the Joint Protocol relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention.