The present Act lays down provisions relating to civil liability and compensation for damage in case of a nuclear incident. In particular, the Act strengthens the compensation and civil liability regime for damages that result from a nuclear accident and increases a nuclear operator’s liability for damage from $75 million to $1 billion designates “nuclear installations” and their respective liability amounts maintains that no person other than the operator is held responsible and accountable to the Canadian public for nuclear incidents that cause damage, and for which an operator is liable under this Act. Furthermore, the Act applies to nuclear facilities designated as nuclear installations. These include: nuclear power plants, nuclear research reactors, nuclear material processing plants facilities used to manage nuclear fuel waste and other radioactive waste. However the Act does not apply to facilities such as uranium mines, refineries using natural uranium, and hospital nuclear laboratories. The text consists of 80 sections.
Canada · 2015-02-26