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European Ministers argue over nuclear power safety tests

VIDEO MEPs split over nuclear ‘stress tests’ BBC News 9 June 11MEPs have clashed over plans for “stress tests”, which are due to be carried out on nuclear facilities in the EU.There were angry scenes during the Commission statement on 9 June 2011, which caused Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger to appeal for calm.

Mr Oettinger was outlining plans for the tests – ordered in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster – which are designed to see how Europe’s nuclear facilities are able to withstand natural or man-made disasters.

The so-called stress tests will be performed on Europe’s 143 working reactors and other atomic installations and will consider a range of factors, including seismic activity, flooding, and power loss at reactors.

But German Green MEP Rebecca Harms dismissed the plans as a “paper check” designed to “downplay the risks of nuclear power”.Ms Harms attacked the voluntary nature of the tests, saying it left the checks “largely in the hands of operators”……http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/europe/newsid_9503000/9503899.stm

 

June 10, 2011 - Posted by | EUROPE, safety

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