PIEBALGS INITIATIVE
March 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has called on EU national governments to increase their spending on radioactive waste management research. Speaking to a Brussels workshop on the topic, he said spending "in many - but not all - member states is not sufficient to make real progress in the short to medium term". Latvia's first European Commissioner stressed increased research should focus on areas that "merit increased collaborative efforts, greater concentration of means and better exchanges of experience and know-how". One ...
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