EU REVISED NUCLEAR SAFETY RULES MAY UNDERMINE THE AUTHORITY OF NATIONAL SAFETY REGULATORS
June 1st, 2013
REVISED European Union (EU) nuclear safety rules proposed by the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, may undermine the authority of national safety regulators and complicate the work of nuclear operators, according to Foratom, the organisation representing the interests of the European nuclear industry. This in turn could impede plans to build new nuclear facilities in Europe, a spokesperson of Foratom told Fuel Cycle Week.The concerns were stressed by the organisation’s director general Jean-Pol Poncelet, who said later: “The proposal is too ...
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