CONVENTION RATIFICATION
November 1st, 2002
BY PHILIP FINE
The US is one step closer to ratifying an international nuclear accident treaty. President George W. Bush has sent the United Nations Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage to the US Senate for a final vote. The Convention was introduced in Vienna more than five years ago, when it was adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The treaty sets out a framework for defining, adjudicating, and compensating civil liability for damage from nuclear power plants. It also insists on supplementary compensation funds covering an ...
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