| dc.description.abstract | With the modern requisites of humankind, energy has become the most depleting resource due to waste and lack
of sources. In the present world, nuclear energy sources play a vital role in producing energy by fueling
radioactive elements. The most significant feature of atomic energy is that a small amount of radioactive
substances can release a tremendous amount of energy. Most developed and developing countries use nuclear
energy as a power-making resource for public and private purposes. Therefore, it is imperative that a developing
country like Sri Lanka adopt nuclear power technologies and the laws governing nuclear operations. This
research discusses international nuclear laws and the need for a legal framework to manage the liability of
nuclear damages in terms of people's health and potential harm to health, past experiences of exposure to ionizing
radiation are discussed with statistics to find out the necessity of laws on nuclear liability in terms of health
compensation. The scrutiny supplies a directive authority to make domestic legislation without being dependent
on international instruments, as the paper also discusses the drawbacks of international nuclear liability regimes
against principles of nuclear law and the essentials of a nuclear liability regime. The primary objective of the
study is to find out directive measures for a nuclear liability regime in terms of health assurance. In addition, this
research also discusses directive principles to make equitable compensation liability schemes from the victims'
perspective. The books, research papers, international conventions, and domestic legislation were the primary
sources of the research. Sri Lanka's legal framework needs improvement as an independent law, aligning with the
Vienna Convention on nuclear liability, as international law lacks equitable aspects | en_US |
