Original sentence: Congress has suspended the liability laws, duly enacted by the people of the various states, and substituted a no-fault insurance scheme which imposes the burden of a catastrophic nuclear incident on the taxpayers or victims, while holding the industry harmless.Specifically the risk of potentially vast liability in the event of a nuclear accident of a sizable magnitude.The Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act (commonly called the Price-Anderson Act) includes provisions enacted by the Congress of the United States to address the substantial risk of a catastropic nuclear incident.The court found:.These provisions indemnify or protect industry from civil lawsuits in the event that the public is harmed by a nuclear accident, negligence, or criminal malfeasance.that nuclear energy was accompanied by substantial risk.that the industry simultaneously claimed that the risk was remote, and yet so significant that they would be forced to withdraw from the fielf without indemnification
Edited sentence: If an incident exceeds the pool's funds, Congress must consider appropriating more money.Instead of this normal redress, the act establishes a pool of insurance funds from which no-fault compensation may be paid for injuries or damages caused by a nuclear or radiological incident.It provides protection to nuclear plant operators against damages sought as a result of a nuclear accident.The Energy Department counters those critics by saying that the distinction is irrelevant, since the damage to the public would be the same.The Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act (commonly called the Price-Anderson Act) is an act of the Congress of the United States.The effect of the act is to provide insurance to the nuclear industry that would not otherwise be available in the open market because of the risks inherent in nuclear power