Section 49Sec./Art. 49

Several Installation Operators Liable. Where nuclear damage engages the liability of more than one installation operator, the following rules shall apply:

(a) In so far as damages attributable to each installation operator is not reasonably separable, the installation operators involved shall be jointly and severally liable.

(b) In case the nuclear incident occurs in the course of carriage of nuclear material, either in one and the same means of transport, or in the case of storage incidental to the carriage, in one and the same nuclear installation and causes nuclear damage which engages the liability of more than one installation operator, the total liability shall not exceed the amount established in Section forty-two of this Act.

(c) In neither of the cases referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Section shall the liability of any one installation operator exceed the amount established in Section forty-two hereof.