law: Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 
  4. Liability of
  
  operator. – 
  1.     
  
    The
  
  operator of the nuclear installation shall be liable for nuclear damage caused
  
  by a nuclear incident --
  a.     
  
    in
  
  that nuclear installation; or
  b.    
  
    involving
  
  nuclear material coming from, or originating in, that nuclear installation and
  
  occurring before --
                       
  
   i.        
  
    the
  
  liability for nuclear incident involving such nuclear material has been
  
  assumed, pursuant to a written agreement, by another operator; or
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    another
  
  operator has taken charge of such nuclear material; or
                     
  
   iii.        
  
    the
  
  person duly authorised to operate a nuclear reactor has taken charge of the
  
  nuclear material intended to be used in that reactor with which means of
  
  transport is equipped for use as a source of power, whether for propulsion
  
  thereof or for any other purpose; or
                     
  
   iv.        
  
    such
  
  nuclear material has been unloaded from the means of transport by which it was
  
  sent to a person within the territory of a foreign State; or
  a.     
  
  
  b.     
  
  
  c.     
  
    involving
  
  nuclear material sent to that nuclear installation and occurring after--
                       
  
   i.        
  
    the
  
  liability for nuclear incident involving such nuclear material has been
  
  transferred to that operator, pursuant to a written agreement, by the operator
  
  of another nuclear installation; or
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    that
  
  operator has taken charge of such nuclear material; or
                     
  
   iii.        
  
    that
  
  operator has taken charge of such nuclear material from a person operating a
  
  nuclear reactor with which a means of transport is equipped for use as a source
  
  of power, whether for propulsion thereof or for any other purpose; or
                     
  
   iv.        
  
    such
  
  nuclear material has been loaded, with the written consent of that operator, on
  
  the means of transport by which it is to be carried from the territory of a
  
  foreign State.
  2.     
  
    Where
  
  more than one operator is liable for nuclear damage, the liability of the
  
  operators so involved shall, in so far as the damage attributable to each
  
  operator is not separable, be joint and several:
  Provided that the total liability of such
  
  operators shall not exceed the extent of liability specified under sub-section
  
  (2) of section 6.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
    Where
  
  several nuclear installations of one and the same operator are involved in a
  
  nuclear incident, such operator shall, in respect of each such nuclear
  
  installation, be liable to the extent of liability specified under sub-section
  
  (2) of section 6.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  liability of the operator of the nuclear installation shall be strict and shall
  
  be based on the principle of no-fault liability.
  Explanation.-- For the purposes of this
  
  section,--
  a.     
  
    where
  
  nuclear damage is caused by a nuclear incident occurring in a nuclear
  
  installation on account of temporary storage of material-in-transit in such
  
  installation, the person responsible for transit of such material shall be
  
  deemed to be the operator;
  b.    
  
    where
  
  a nuclear damage is caused as a result of nuclear incident during the
  
  transportation of nuclear material, the consignor shall be deemed to be the
  
  operator;
  c.     
  
    where
  
  any written agreement has been entered into between the consignor and the
  
  consignee or, as the case may be, the consignor and the carrier of nuclear
  
  material, the person liable for any nuclear damage under such agreement shall
  
  be deemed to be the operator;
  d.    
  
    where
  
  both nuclear damage and damage other than nuclear damage have been caused by a
  
  nuclear incident or, jointly by a nuclear incident and one or more other
  
  occurrences, such other damage shall, to the extent it is not separable from
  
  the nuclear damage, be deemed to be a nuclear damage caused by such nuclear
  
  incident.