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Wed, 06/15/2011 - 20:28
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IAEA eyes int'l framework for nuclear accident compensation
VIENNA (Kyodo) - The International Atomic Energy Agency is set to agree on the need for an international framework for compensation relating to nuclear plant accidents at an upcoming ministerial meeting in Vienna, a final draft statement showed Wednesday.
A paragraph referring to ''the need for a global liability regime'' following such incidents was added in the draft statement apparetly in the wake of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crisis, which heightened the need for international action in dealing with major accidents that affect other countries.
According to the draft obtained by Kyodo News, the IAEA calls for the establishment of a framework whereby a state affected by a nuclear accident in a foreign country can be provided with ''appropriate compensation for nuclear damage.''
Participants in the ministerial talks are expected to adopt the draft as their statement as early as Monday, the opening day of the five-day conference in Vienna.
According to the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage and the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage exist as international frameworks to address compensation for damage arising from a nuclear accident.
But the former convention binds only around 30 countries such as eastern and central European countries, while the latter, consisting of the United States and three other countries, is yet to take effect.
A paragraph referring to ''the need for a global liability regime'' following such incidents was added in the draft statement apparetly in the wake of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crisis, which heightened the need for international action in dealing with major accidents that affect other countries.
According to the draft obtained by Kyodo News, the IAEA calls for the establishment of a framework whereby a state affected by a nuclear accident in a foreign country can be provided with ''appropriate compensation for nuclear damage.''
Participants in the ministerial talks are expected to adopt the draft as their statement as early as Monday, the opening day of the five-day conference in Vienna.
According to the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage and the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage exist as international frameworks to address compensation for damage arising from a nuclear accident.
But the former convention binds only around 30 countries such as eastern and central European countries, while the latter, consisting of the United States and three other countries, is yet to take effect.
