NUCLEAR LIABILITY IN SINGLE/JOINT NUCLEAR SHIPMENTS

Many international conventions and legislation apply to the transport of nuclear materials worldwide. Some countries have signed up to international conventions e.g. the Paris Convention1 , Brussels Convention2 , Vienna Convention3 and the Convention on Supplementary Compensation4 (CSC), whilst others have their own legislation e.g. USA, Japan, Switzerland. While each legislation looks to simplify the nuclear liabilities of parties involved in a shipment, when shipments cross the boundaries of the scope of such legislation or when nuclear materials from/to different operators are on the same vessel, the matter becomes more complex. This paper will describe how INS has considered nuclear liabilities for single and mixed shipments travelling between different jurisdictions and the solutions used referring to the issues below (mainly in context of the Paris Convention as INS is based in the UK):