Updating the concept of damage, particularly as regards environmental damage and preventive measures, in the context of the ongoing negotiations on the revision of the Vienna Convention - some comparative aspects

The paper examines the possibilities of updating the concept of damage in the field of nuclear law, particularly as regards the inclusion of environmental damage and preventive measures in a future regime. Problems, advantages and possible drawbacks of an extended and more precise definition of the concept of nuclear damage are discussed. For this purpose comparisons are made with similar provisions in other third party liability Conventions, including those dealing with liability and compensation for oil pollution damage. 8 refs