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• 18 nuclear power plants in the European Union are operating without a valid license, according to research conducted by Germany’s Green Party.
• This number doesn’t include the 34 other illegal power plants in neighboring European countries that aren’t part of the EU.
• All operating illegal atomic reactors were never subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
• Spiegel indicated that — should any reactor fail an EIA assessment — governments in those countries where reactors are operating may face serious consequences.

…….Some of the EU countries running the illegal power plants include the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belgium, Finland, the UK, Sweden, and Switzerland.

The number does not take into account the 34 other illegal nuclear power plants in neighboring European countries that aren’t part of the EU……

n France alone, there are 58 pressurized water reactors, which produce over 70% of the country’s electricity. Many of them are classified as “high-risk reactors” because they are more than 30 years old. The recommended operating age of a nuclear power plant is 40 years. Another nuclear power plant at the Mühleberg site in Switzerland has also been classified as particularly dangerous by an Austrian environmental protection organization called “Global2000”.Not only is it a “high-risk reactor”, but it’s also the same power plant as Fukushima— the Japanese reactor which had a nuclear disaster in 2011………

The UN Committee responsible for these investigations is currently examining several nuclear reactors which are said to have been approved in Europe without an EIA. https://www.businessinsider.com/18-nuclear-reactors-in-the-eu-are-currently-operating-illegally-2019-8/?r=AU&IR=T