Nuclear power plant operators have a ridiculously small liability insurance for compensating damage when an accidents occurs. This position paper of Friends of the Earth Europe exposes the exact scale of the gap between the insured sum and the huge financial risk of accidents with nuclear power plants.
Also it introduces an alternative system for insuring nuclear power plants which is currently being discussed between academics and regulators, and which might provide at least more financial security for the people living in the wider area around nuclear power plants.