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EURATOM RESEARCH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission made a formal call for nuclear specialists involved in collaborative studies with experts from other European Union (EU) Member States to submit proposals for grants from the EU’s sixth framework programme for research. Brussels has set aside a budget of Euro 61 million – paid via EURATOM – for this work and has released a detailed guide of the research topics it will favour in grant applications.…
IVORY COAST
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A POWERFUL disused radioactive source left in a small unguarded bunker at the Ivory Coast’s University of Cocody (in the capital Abidjan) has been has been secured by the International Atomic Energy Agency, specialists from France and the host country.…
SEALED SOURCES LAW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has called for a threshold of 1mSv/Hh to be inserted in to a proposed European directive on controlling high activity sealed radioactive sources, to clarify when the legislation should be followed. MEPs also passed non-binding amendments to highlight suppliers’ responsibilities and that all potential cross-border movements within, to and from the EU should be monitored.…
ELECTRIC CARS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CONTROVERSIAL congestion charges to be introduced in London next month look set to encourage more drivers to switch to more environmentally friendly road transport, according to a recent survey.
Car hire company Holiday Autos found that one in four drivers was considering renting an electric or hybrid vehicle to avoid having to pay Pounds 5 per day to enter the capital.…
CHICKENS
BY MATTHEW BRACE
A new treatment to protect chickens against infection could phase out antibiotics in the poultry industry. The system, developed by Australia’s science authority CSIRO, provides a way of delivering antibiotic alternatives – natural proteins called cytokines – into chickens.…
ELECTRICAL WASTE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FINAL approval has been granted by the European Commission and the EU Council of Ministers to two directives controlling the disposal of waste electronic equipment and associated hazardous chemicals. Most of the rules enter into force in 30 months.…
RESEARCH PROPOSALS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST formal call for proposals under the European Union’s Euro 16.2 billion Sixth Framework Programme for research have been issued; they include a Euro 167 million budget for studies into food quality and safety, especially on the food chain, disease epidemiology, traceability and animal feed.…
IRELAND - KYOTO - IRISH KYOTO COST
BY JONATHAN THOMSON
THE IRISH government has been calculating the cost of introducing a carbon tax to fall in line with the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and associated EU legislation. Its environment minister Martin Cullen said the price of complying with a target of capping greenhouse gas emissions from Ireland at 13 per cent of 1990 levels could be as much as Euro 260 million annually over a five-year period.…
PODGER INTERVIEW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
The new European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will attempt to re-build public confidence in food safety throughout the 15-member European Union after the BSE and other scares by convincing consumers that the scientific assessment of risk is in the hands of a fully independent body with no interest in “cooking the books.”…
INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRITISH government is coming under intense political pressure to comply with a European Court of Justice ruling that it should implement the European Union (EU) directive on integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) in Northern Ireland. The European Commission is threatening to launch legal proceedings that could result in Britain receiving heavy daily recurring fines.…