Capping Environmental Liability: The Case of North American Nuclear Power

Anthony Heyes*, Catherine Liston-Heyes

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The liability of operators of nuclear power stations for off-site damage done by accidents is capped by the Price-Anderson Act in the U.S. and the Nuclear Liability Act in Canada. Such capping constitutes a subsidy to nuclear vis-à-vis other sources of energy. We report the results of analyses aimed to estimate the size of that implicit subsidy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)196-202
Number of pages7
JournalGeneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2000

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Accounting
  • General Business,Management and Accounting
  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics

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