DECOMMISSIONING PIECE

BY DEIRDRE MASONEASTERN European countries that built nuclear power plants while under the communist system never thought they would face deadlines for closing them down as a prerequisite for joining the European Union. Neither had they built in the next stage - decommissioning - into the prices charged for electricity in the way that the western European nuclear plant operators had done from the start.More than 110 nuclear facilities within the present 15 EU Member States are at various stages of being decommissioned and European Commission officials forecast ...


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