BRUSSELS TO CONDUCT REVIEW OF EU NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS PROCEDURES
December 1st, 2013
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to review its procedures for ensuring nuclear materials in European Union (EU) member states are not diverted from peaceful to military uses. It has released a tender for an expert to check its systems, which are coordinated by its directorate general for energy directorate E, based in Luxembourg. It has 162 nuclear inspectors and a Euro EUR20.5 million budget, conducting 1,275 inspections in 2012, assessing 1.6 million records from nuclear operators.A note from the Commission said Directorate E is conducting an internal analysis of how ...
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