Selected Materials on Atomic Energy Indemnity and Insurance LegislationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1974 - 566 pages Report and commentary on legislation in the USA in respect of insurance of the public against then possibility of an nuclear energy accident - includes references. |
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accident agreement of indemnification amended amount of financial apply Atomic Energy Act Atomic Energy Commission Atomic Industrial Forum August authority capacity catastrophic claimant Committee on Atomic compensation Cong Congress construction permit contingency fee contract contractors costs coverage determination district court enacted established event exceed extent extraordinary nuclear occurrence Federal financial protection required funds government indemnity hazards hearings indemnity agreement insurance industry insurance policies involved Joint Committee kilowatts licensed activity limitation of liability loss megawatt ment million dollars NS Savannah nuclear energy liability nuclear incident occurs nuclear industry nuclear power plants nuclear reactors operation payments persons indemnified possible potential power reactors premium Price-Anderson Act Price-Anderson indemnity private insurance problem proof of financial property insurance proposed reinsurance respect result risk safety section 170 special nuclear material Stat statute of limitations strict liability subsection 170 substantial tion tort United waivers of defenses
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Page 119 - And a statute which either forbids or requires the doing of an act in terms so vague that men of common intelligence must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ as to its application violates the first essential of due process of law.
Page 107 - ... based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a federal agency or an employee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.
Page 344 - ... d. a program to encourage widespread participation in the development and utilization of atomic energy for peaceful purposes to the maximum extent consistent with the common defense and security and with the health and safety of the public; e.
Page 324 - nuclear incident" means any occurrence, including an extraordinary nuclear occurrence, within the United States causing, within or outside the United States, bodily injury, sickness, disease, or death, or loss of or damage to property, or loss of use of property, arising out of or resulting from the radioactive, toxic, explosive, or other hazardous properties of source, special nuclear, or byproduct material...
Page 75 - States that, subject at all times to the paramount objective of assuring the common defense and security, the development and utilization of atomic energy shall, so far as practicable, be directed toward improving the public welfare, increasing the standard of living, strengthening free competition in private enterprise, and promoting world peace.
Page 117 - There must be reasonable evidence of negligence ; but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if those who have the management use the proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 263 - THE BILL, AS REPORTED In compliance with clause 3 of rule XIII of the rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows...
Page 229 - ... c. The Commission shall, with respect to licenses issued between August 30, 1954, and August 1, 1967, for which it requires financial protection, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the licensee and other persons indemnified, as their interest may appear, from public liability arising from nuclear incidents which is in excess of the level of financial protection required of the licensee.
Page 255 - Public Liability' also includes damage to property of persons indemnified: Provided, That such property is covered under the terms of the financial protection required, except property which is located at the site of and used in connection with the activity where the nuclear incident occurs.
Page 13 - public liability' means any legal liability arising out of or resulting from a nuclear incident, except claims under State or Federal Workmen's Compensation Acts of employees of persons indemnified who are employed at the site of and in connection with the activity where the nuclear incident occurs, and except for claims arising out of an act of war. 'Public liability...