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- ↑ "OECD/NEA - Multilateral agreements in nuclear energy - IV. Liability and compensation for nuclear damage - Protocol to Amend the 1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (1997 Vienna Protocol)". www.oecd-nea.org.
- ↑ "The 1997 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage and the 1997 Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage — Explanatory Texts". www.iaea.org. December 21, 2016.