GREECE FACES MUSIC AT ECJ OVER RADIOACTIVITY CONTROLS
May 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GREEK government, beset by a financial crisis and political turbulence in Athens, has another problem to worry about - a nuclear energy legislation case against it at the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
This legal action is being taken by the European Commission, which accuses Greece of failing to implement the latest European Union (EU) directive on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and nuclear spent fuel (directive 2006/117/Euratom). Importantly, this has extended common EU controls (passed in 1992) ensuring ...
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