Title Nuclear energy and liability in South Asia : institutions, legal frameworks and risk assessment within SAARC / M.P. Ram Mohan

Published New Delhi : Springer, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 142 pages) : color illustrations Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Nuclear Energy and Liability in South Asia -- Chapter 2. The Development of Institutions and Liability laws relating to Nuclear Energy -- Chapter 3. The Indian Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010: An Analysis -- Chapter 4. A Nuclear Liability Framework for South Asia -- Chapter 5. South Asian Nuclear Risk Zone: A Mapping Exercise -- Chapter 6. Establishing a South Asian Nuclear Risk Community: An Empirical Analysis -- Chapter 7. Conclusion and Suggestions Summary This book advocates pursuing a regional approach to nuclear risk framework, which it argues is more promising in the current scenario than the non-achievable global regime. In the development of international legislation on liability, the nuclear energy sector represents an alternative approach to a transboundary liability regime. Building on this foundation and following the Chernobyl accident, international consensus was sought for a stronger transboundary legal regime in the event of a nuclear disaster. However, after sixty years of the existence of international nuclear liability laws and twenty-five years after Chernobyl, the primary objectives of the Conventions - harmonization and a global regime - remain unfulfilled. Further, many countries are now creating or expanding nuclear programs without adequate transboundary legal protection. In light of these issues, a regional approach is an option that cannot be ignored. Given its rapidly expanding nuclear energy footprint, South Asia is in a unique position to adopt a regional mechanism. The methodology adopted for the study in the book combines a literature review of international law on nuclear liability with an analysis of South Asian nuclear energy programs and their international and national legal obligations. A technical risk assessment study conducted to identify the level of transboundary nuclear risk within South Asia is also presented. This is followed by interviews with experts and policymakers to gauge the willingness of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) community to respond to this shared regional concern Analysis milieuwetgeving environmental legislation internationaal recht international law kernenergie nuclear energy privaatrecht private law recht law Law (General) Recht (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 24, 2015) Subject Liability for nuclear damages -- South Asia Nuclear energy -- Law and legislation -- South Asia LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Liability for nuclear damages Nuclear energy -- Law and legislation South Asia. India. Nuclear energy. Nuclear liability. Risk assessment. Nuclear accidents. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. South Asia Form Electronic book ISBN 9788132223436 8132223438 813222342X 9788132223429

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