At present, all nuclear operators must take out private insurance cover with a Swiss insurer of at least CHF 500 million for each NPP with an additional CHF 50 million for procedural and interest costs as these might arise. Separately, the operators also have to pay into a Nuclear Damage Fund that is administered by the Federal Office of Energy with the objective that this fund will be sufficient to make up any liability shortfall of the private insurance cover up to a total of CHF 1,000 million to meet all third party claims for any single radiation incident. The Swiss federal government considers these liability cover arrangements to be sufficiently robust that it has not been necessary for Switzerland to ratify the international nuclear liability treaties (notably the Paris-Brussels Convention and Revision Protocols) to which it is signatory.
Summary deu ReportAn Taisce challenges DECC Secretary of State over Hinkley Point C decision
LargeAssociates Witness Statement features in An Taisce (National Trust of Ireland) challenge to DECC Secretary of State’s decision not to consult with the Republic of Ireland over Hinkley Point C consultation.
Witness StatementNuclear Safety post-Fukushima – ALDE Hearing
Man on the Track at Furness
Ms X’s Clash with a Nuclear Weapons Carrier in the Dead of the Night
San Onofre Mitsubishi Aircraft
This analysis links the Mitsubishi action items determined at design meetings for the replacement steam generators meetings to progress of the design and knowledge of Edison and Mitsubishi of the problems as these developed.
Summary Report Declaration ReposteNuclear Regulatoru Regime – EES Committee
IAEA Mission to Fukushima Daiichi fails to identify cause of 2011 catastrophe
During the last week of May 2011 the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA) sent a team of about 20 nuclear experts to Japan to investigate the ongoing nuclear situation at Fukushima.
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