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| | Nuclear Liability: A Continuing Impediment To Nuclear Commerce |
 | | The nuclear liability conventions’ common principles are channelling of liability to the installation operator, absolute liability, liability limited in amount, liability limited in time, a single competent court to adjudicate claims, compulsory financial security, and non-discrimination based on nationality, domicile or residence. |
 | | These are the 1960 Paris Convention, the 1963 Vienna Convention, the 1963 Brussels Supplementary Convention, the 1971 Maritime Carriage of Nuclear Material Convention, the 1988 Joint Protocol, the 1997 Protocol to Amend the Vienna Convention, and the 1997 CSC. |
 | | Without greater adherence to the new Vienna Convention and the CSC, liability potentially associated with international nuclear commerce is likely to be a labyrinth of statutes and treaties not yet interpreted by the courts. |
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