India Risks Nuclear Isolation With Liability Laws
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India’s push to end a three-decade ban on buying nuclear equipment from abroad may founder on laws passed by its own parliament.
Lawmakers in New Delhi approved a bill last night that makes suppliers and builders of atomic reactors potentially liable in the event of an accident. That’s broader than a 1997 accord signed by more than 80 nations in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster that limits compensation claims to operators.