NUCLEAR SAFETY ROW
October 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Commission proposals to boost nuclear energy safety in Europe have come under fire from the European Parliament. MEPs has supported a critical report by Finnish MEP Esko Olavi Seppänen saying it fails to indicate any weaknesses in existing nuclear safety regulations. Furthermore, his report said that the legislation would duplicate the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear safety convention. Seppänen even goes so far as to suggest that the proposal may be illegal. EU law that says directives cannot require the proposing of ...
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