Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act

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The Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act is a U.S. federal law that establishes a liability and insurance framework to compensate the public in the event of nuclear power accidents while limiting the financial exposure of nuclear industry operators.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
nuclear liability law ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Energy ⓘ
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ
appliesTo Department of Energy nuclear contractors ⓘ
commercial nuclear power plants ⓘ
nuclear fuel cycle facilities ⓘ
nuclear incidents involving radioactive material ⓘ
appliesToEvent extraordinary nuclear occurrence ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creates federal government indemnification for certain nuclear activities ⓘ
federal nuclear incident liability framework ⓘ
primary private insurance layer for nuclear operators ⓘ
secondary retrospective premium layer funded by nuclear licensees ⓘ
criticizedFor limiting the potential liability of nuclear operators ⓘ
shifting some nuclear accident risk to taxpayers ⓘ
defines extraordinary nuclear occurrence ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
feature authorizes Congress to provide additional compensation beyond statutory limits ⓘ
caps aggregate industry financial liability for a single nuclear incident ⓘ
channels liability for nuclear incidents exclusively to the nuclear operator ⓘ
consolidates nuclear incident claims in federal court ⓘ
preempts most state tort law for covered nuclear incidents ⓘ
provides for no-fault public compensation for nuclear incidents ⓘ
requires nuclear operators to maintain a specified level of private insurance ⓘ
hasComponent federal indemnification for DOE contractors ⓘ
primary financial protection ⓘ
secondary financial protection ⓘ
hasEffect centralizes nuclear incident liability in a single federal framework ⓘ
encourages private insurance market participation in nuclear risk coverage ⓘ
limits the need for individual nuclear operators to self-insure catastrophic risks ⓘ
provides a predictable maximum liability exposure for nuclear licensees ⓘ
influenced international nuclear liability regimes ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalArea energy law ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
tort law ⓘ
purpose to ensure prompt and equitable compensation to the public after nuclear accidents ⓘ
to establish a system of financial protection for the public in case of nuclear incidents ⓘ
to limit the liability of nuclear facility operators for nuclear incidents ⓘ
relatedTo nuclear accident compensation ⓘ
nuclear industry risk management ⓘ
nuclear power safety regulation in the United States ⓘ
signedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
supportedFor ensuring availability of compensation funds for nuclear accidents ⓘ
facilitating development of commercial nuclear power ⓘ

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Atomic Energy Act of 1954 → influenced → Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act ⓘ
United States nuclear energy program → governedByLaw → Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act ⓘ
U.S. Department of Energy nuclear safety regulations → includes → DOE Price-Anderson Amendments Act regulations ⓘ
linked to: Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act
U.S. Department of Energy nuclear safety regulations → enforcedUnder → Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1988 ⓘ
linked to: Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act
Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp. → statuteInterpreted → Price-Anderson Act ⓘ
linked to: Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act