Nuclear Liability Beyond Earth: Who Pays for an Incident on the Lunar Surface?

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Yunus Emre Bakiler is a Partner at Özgür Ünüvar Bakiler Attorney Partnership in Ankara. He is a member of the Ankara Bar Association and a Solicitor of England and Wales, and practises in corporate and commercial law and dispute resolution, including international arbitration. He holds an LL.M. in international commercial law from the University of Aberdeen (2012) and is a Ph.D. candidate in private law at Bilkent University.

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Nuclear Liability Beyond Earth: Who Pays for an Incident on the Lunar Surface?

September 2, 2026

Yunus Emre Bakiler

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Lunar exploration during the 20th century sought to reach, explore and, in some cases, return from the Moon, rather than to serve as successive stages in the construction of permanent lunar infrastructure. Today, lunar missions are mostly about establishing the long-term infrastructure necessary to remain there. Under the Artemis Programme, NASA is developing phased infrastructure for…