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G-8 wants nuclear safety standards, (but only voluntary ones!)

 binding standards will be an unacceptable constraint on the sovereignty of a growing number of countries that want to develop nuclear energy.

G-8 Affirms Need For Tightest Nuclear Safety, But Won’t Be Bound, FoxBusiness.com, By George Nishiyama and Geoffrey T. Smith   May 26, 2011| Dow Jones Newswires  DEAUVILLE, France – – Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized countries Thursday affirmed the need to raise safety standards in nuclear energy after the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan triggered the world’s worst nuclear crisis since the 1986 Chernobyl accident.

But the group was divided on imposing binding rules put forth by Russia, and on the future of their nuclear energy policies, leaders and officials said……

The group appeared likely to stop short of accepting to be bound by any proposals from Russia, whose President Dmitry Medvedev has suggested making states legally responsible for responding to nuclear accidents, and for providing timely and detailed information on accidents to other countries.

Most acknowledge that binding standards will be an unacceptable constraint on the sovereignty of a growing number of countries that want to develop nuclear energy……..G-8 Affirms Need For Tightest Nuclear Safety, But Won’t Be Bound – FoxBusiness.com

May 27, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, politics international