ANNEX A
CONFIDENTIAL
DSR 11C
LIABILITY IN RESPECT OF TRANSPORT OF NUCLEAR FUELS TO AND
FROM THE UK
This liability arises in two ways:
(a) While in Hong Kong territorial waters under the Nuclear Installation (Hong Kong) Order 1972, any transporter
of nuclear materials is strictly liable for any nuclear
damage in Hong Kong;
(b) While on the high seas the transporter of nuclear
materials to or from a designated nuclear facility in a Paris Convention country is strictly liable for nuclear damage to another convention country including Hong Kong (either to the country directly or to its shipping, etc). BNFL, as the probable fuel supplier for Guangdong will bear
respect f responsibility here as they do in all their international
nuclear fuel services.
In both cases HMG could be liable to pay compensation where damage exceeded 5m European Monetary Agreement Units of
Account.