EU PUSHES AHEAD WITH FRESH NUCLEAR SAFETY PROPOSALS, HAVING SCALED BACK AMBITIONS
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BACK in 2003, it had seemed like such a good idea. Nuclear energy safety lapses can have transnational consequences and so surely the European Union (EU) should have an active role in making sure its member states' nuclear power plants are safe? After all, there are EU agencies controlling the safety of food, chemicals, civil aviation, shipping and a host of other issues - so why not nuclear power? A directive was duly proposed detailing powers and responsibility for the EU in nuclear safety. Well, as it turned out, national governments just did ...
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