Workshop on Nuclear Damages, Liability Issues and Compensation Schemes

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The workshop was held at the International Energy Agency (IEA) Headquarters in Paris on 10-11 December 2013, and gathered nearly 75 invited experts from 14 NEA member countries (Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Republic of Korea, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Spain, United Kingdom, United States), the International Atomic Energy Agency and the European Commission.

The participants, representing legal experts, insurers, economists and industry communities, shared their experience regarding the legal framework and the insurance coverage for nuclear liability, with a particular focus on the financial aspects. The workshop was organised into the following four sessions:

Presentation of the international nuclear liability regimes
Presentation of selected national nuclear liability regimes and regimes applicable to other industries
Insurance and alternative forms of financial security
The industry perspective on nuclear liability

Programme

Introductory session
	Welcome address – Ron Cameron, OECD/NEA OECD/NEA project on Cost of Nuclear Accidents, Liability Issues and their Impact on Electricity Costs – Marco Cometto and Alexey Lokhov, OECD/NEA
Session I: Presentations on the international nuclear liability regimes
	The IAEA conventions on nuclear liability – Andrea Gioia, IAEA The Paris Convention and the Brussels Supplementary Convention – Ximena Vásquez-Maignan, OECD/NEA France-US Joint Statement on Liability for Nuclear Damage – Florence Touïtou-Durand, CEA (France), and Ben McRae, Department of Energy (United States) France-US joint presentation The EU and nuclear liability issues – Roland Dussart-Desart, FPS Economy, S.M.E.’s, Self-employed and Energy (Belgium)
Session II: Presentations on selected regimes
	The Price Anderson Act and the Three Mile Island accident – Tyson R. Smith, Winston & Strawn LLP (United States) The Japanese nuclear liability regime and the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi accident – Toyohiro Nomura, Gakushuin University (Japan) Strengthening the Canadian nuclear liability legislation – Jacques Lavoie, CNSC (Canada) Global Marine Environment Protection (GMEP) Initiative: G20 Response to the oil spill accident at Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico – Anna Eliseeva, OECD Petro-chemical industry perspective – Sophie Musso, TOTAL (France)
Session III: Insurance and alternative forms of financial securities
	General presentation on insurance – Sebastiaan Reitsma, Swiss Reinsurance Company & Nuclear Risk Insurers Ltd. (Switzerland) Mutual insurance mechanism: an operator’s perspective – Risto Siilos, TVO (Finland) Operators’ pooling arrangement: a national and international perspective – Norbert Pelzer, University of Göttingen (Germany) State intervention – Roh Hathlia, Department of Energy and Climate Change (United Kingdom)
Session IV: The industry perspective on nuclear liability
	Electricité de France (EDF) – Danielle Degueuse and Stéphane Yvon, EDF (France) State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) – Andrey Shkarbanov, ROSATOM (Russian Federation) U.S. operator’s perspective – Tyson R. Smith, Winston & Strawn LLP (United States)

Contact

NTE-Web@oecd-nea.org

When?

10 - 11 December 2013