Abstract
Dr M.P. Ram Mohan in this book, Nuclear Energy and Liability in South Asia: Institutions, Legal Frameworks and Risk Assessment within SAARC, assumes that a viable universal nuclear risk framework is either nonachievable or non-implementable. Thus, as an alternative, he proposes a regional approach to the issue which he thinks is more promising. His mindset is preconditioned by the Three-Mile Island incident, Chernobyl, Union Carbide (Bhopal) and the Fukushima fiascos (p. v), as well as the standoff between America and India, on the canvas of Agreement 123, regarding liability in case of a nuclear power plant (NPP) accident. These incidents are used by the writer as reference anchorages throughout his study; he refers to them time and again, sometimes ad nauseam. He examines existing provisions of international law and national laws of various countries regarding nuclear liability and transposes them on ongoing nuclear power programmes in South Asia to bring forth glaring incongruences; while at the same time, he reminds the states about their safety and security-related obligations at national as well as international levels (pp.4-6).
Keyword(s)
M.P. Ram Mohan, Nuclear Energy, Liability, South Asia, Institutions, Legal Frameworks, Risk Assessment, SAARC