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due to an inlt,entlOnal ac-t by an i;idS-vicluaZ.
wie Japane$e kaw re6ogrri-zes in x)rineipl.e tihe opellraborts r.eeoux"se rj.ght
again,st the sul PZit'r in eaG'e oS' a n.uclear damage Ctue 'to an intenthonal acfe,,
but al$o empowers the opex'abor to walve nhre reeou:zz,e z.'-tght b:y a speefi.al,
eontraet w.i.ich the e supp:l..lell7 The ft•3ct is that theR.re- i.$' no subsbenti-aZ ctiÅí-
ference in thiE respeet between tihe Oonvent;fi.,on and "thg Japanese sysicem,
the apparen"t diiffex'enee bei,ng.; due bo the, meaniuag being ets>cpre-$sed ixx crevexrse.
the problera oÅí 'the reeourse righ,ic the-n dioes n.o"L p"reovidie inhe- Japanese• goveueRment
utth an exeVtSe f'oz' not aeee(iing. 'bo tt)e Conventiong ands .i-n faeep 1)he
goverrmenS has not express' ecl any x'eal eppos.ition to the Conven'tion so Åíax',
iJtsmesusua.Exskanes twwmteof..slgS:g.k7sitLEscx's:
{EYiese par"tieulta]7:"y Japane• se ciircums"eanees may fseem stvange at ffitr?$t, bzkt
there are reasQns for this staCe oS aÅífairse ankho'ugh Åíhe neeessity for
coQrdinating liabiZi`ty systemj' oÅí di.fÅíGrewa-e countnie$ ig, keentey fe-Xi by
those who, rz"ike the United Statess are im a posttiolt to selZ a'temie paweve
facilitieesL) abrQa(Ip nhe szzccessÅíurm e•stabMshment oÅí the• Yax'i,s Convexiljkoza
of OECD, ami the Supplementa37y Conventi on oÅí PSURATOMp ccgn be exptdiimed by
the eombiguiby of ffutx'opeaR natrtonsp andi the pc,ssibXe eontimgeney oÅ}} any
nuclear damage exe(-bnding ovex" nationaX ib}ovtndanie$e
InteM'ncnthonej" eoQ'pex'a'tioza is tco be di,esniredi and is quiee wnighic :ln itserzÅí; but
in the ease of athbomic eneirgys i"t wouLdi nct be intse2fnainior],al coope:rein.S.on if
a buyer has' ko ehange his Xo.gaZ sy$item so as ico meeic the yequix'e'mermt$ of a
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