[en] In 1988, the American Congress created the Presidential Commission on Catastrophic Nuclear Accidents to conduct a comprehensive study of appropriate means of fully compensating victims of a catastrophic nuclear accident that exceeds the aggregate public liability of the Price-Anderson Act (approximately U.S. $7.3 billion). The Commission reported to Congress in August, 1990 on a recommended system that it believed would promptly, fairly and equitably compensate those injured by a major nuclear accident. The report covered recommended civil procedures, the establishment of claim priorities and standards and procedures for dealing with latent injuries