SWEDEN
October 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening Sweden with legal action at the European Court of Justice over its failure to pass national rules insisting upon environmental impact assessments (EIA) for the decommissioning of nuclear power stations. Brussels claims that the EU's EIA directive requires that the dismantling of plants and reactors should be subject to planning consent, following an environmental impact assessment.The Commission says that Sweden has promised to amend its national legislation, but it still has not lodged the necessary ...
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