5.1 Global Level

5.1.1 Early Notification Liability in Case of Nuclear AccidentThe Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (1986) — born of Chernobyl — obliges a state experiencing a nuclear accident with possible transboundary release to notify affected states and the IAEA promptly with available information. The obligation's logic: radiation respects no border; information is the first emergency response. (Nepal, nuclear-power-free but downwind and downstream of neighbours' programmes, has a live interest in the notification regime's health.)5.1.2 Nuclear Safety MeasuresThe Convention on Nuclear Safety (1994): contracting parties commit to fundamental safety principles for land-based civil nuclear plants — regulatory independence (regulator separate from promoter), siting, design, operation, and peer review. The safety family's supporting instruments include the Joint Convention on spent fuel and radioactive waste management — the regime's architecture studied here at name level.5.1.3 Civil Liability for Nuclear DamageThe civil-liability regime channels liability to the operator of the nuclear installation (strict, channelled, and limited liability with state backstops): the Paris Convention (1960) and Brussels Supplementary Convention in the OECD family; the Vienna Convention (1963) with its amendments; and the Convention on Supplementary Compensation (1997) as the modern integrating instrument. The design: victim-compensation certainty over fault litigation.5.1.4 Energy in MDGs and SDGs• MDGs (2000–2015): energy implicit (no standalone goal) — the era's lesson: development without an energy goal underperforms.• SDGs (2015–2030):SDG…