The 1997 Vienna Protocol improves the original regime by requiring that more money be made available to compensate more victims for a broad range of damages.

Adopted: 12 September 1997

Opened for signature: 29 September 1997

Entered into force: 4 October 2003

Parties: 15 (see table below)

More information on of the 1997 Vienna Protocol, including the text and current status, is available here.

The following is a sampling of the articles related to the 1997 Vienna Protocol that have been published in the Nuclear Law Bulletin and Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law:

• Vienna Convention Revision: A Review of the Exercise and Insurance Implications in the Provisions under Discussion, by G.C. Warren (NLB 55, p. 9).
• The Protocol Amending the 1963 Vienna Convention, by V. Lamm (NLB 61, p. 7).
• Maritime Zones and the New Provisions on Jurisdiction in the 1997 Vienna Protocol and in the 1997 Convention on Supplementary Compensation, by A. Gioia (NLB 63, p. 25).
• Revised Paris and Vienna Nuclear Liability Conventions – Challenges for Insurers, by M. Tetley (NLB 77, p. 27).
• Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments on civil liability for nuclear damage, by U. Magnus (NLB 106, p. 7).
• Liability and compensation for third party damage resulting from a nuclear incident, by J.A. Schwatrz (Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law, p. 409).
• Insurance of nuclear risks, by S. M. S. Reitsma and M. G. Tetley (Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law, p. 445).

* Country with at least one nuclear power plant in operation.