Mr. Speaker, it is not correct to say that the liability limit is $12 billion in the United States, as the member continues to assert.
The United States' system is very different from that of other countries. In fact, the operators' liability is capped at $375 million of insurance. In the event of an accident resulting in damages exceeding the liable operators' insurance, all U.S. operators, 104 reactors, would also contribute up to $125 million for each reactor they operate, which would make available a compensation pool of a maximum of $13 billion should it be required.
This type of pooling system would not be feasible in Canada given that we have far fewer nuclear reactors.