Europe is running the risk of nuclear disaster in case of natural disaster? The question arises after the disaster and the explosion in Japan two reactors, with radiation losses and yet to be ascertained. Also because in Europe there are many nuclear power plants. And Brussels is far from being opposed to this form of energy.
As many as 14 out of 27 EU countries have nuclear power plants. The plants are in operation in Europe 143: 58 in France, 19 in the United Kingdom, 17 in Germany, 10 in Sweden, 8 in Spain, 7 in Belgium, 6 in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Finland 4, 2 and 1 in Bulgaria in the Netherlands and Slovenia.
Other countries, like Italy and Poland, are planning to adopt this technology as soon as possible. Safe systems than Europeans? The EU Commissioner for Energy, German Günther Oettinger, urged the EU countries that use nuclear power to control the safety standards of older plants and did not rule out the possibility of closing these plants.
According to the German political situation in Japan has "changed the world": what was hitherto considered "safe and manageable" is being questioned, told those who asked if older plants in Europe threatened with closure, and this "we can not exclude anything." Prevention measures and controls remain a national responsibility, since they are the states to grant licenses to nuclear companies.
Sancho, and the EU directive Nuclear Safety, which provides for the mandatory establishment of an independent national authority that monitors the activity and safety of power plants. Also this directive makes it mandatory part of some standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) partly mandatory, but countries still have a lot of autonomy.
Moreover in Brussels on nuclear power is not a taboo, as is a fundamental part of that energy mix that would make the EU a reality clean energy by 2050. The same Commissioner Oettinger has always been pro-nuclear. Position strongly criticized by environmentalists for his Germany, where about 60 thousand demonstrators took to the streets in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg against nuclear power and the extension of the licenses granted to companies by Angela Merkel in recent months.
At the same time some no-nuclear groups in Austria are pushing for the EU implements the "stress test" to check the status of its reactors, some older than 25 years. Just today, the chancellor announced the suspension for three months of the decision to prolong the life of 17 units. And tomorrow there will be a special summit between the energy ministers of the 27, to talk to both Japan and Europe.
Meanwhile in Europe the political debate rages. "No reactor in the world is safe in the event of a meltdown," attacks the German Member Juergen Trittin of the Greens. And while the Austrian Nikolaus Berlakovich Environment Minister says that "we must monitor the safety of our facilities in case of earthquake," the conservative Finnish Finance Minister Jyrki KATAINEN believes that "it is too early to jump to conclusions and stop technology" .
Meanwhile, no official request for help was made to the EU from Japan. And according to the European Union Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP) "there are no consequences at the level of radiation for the Europeans."
As many as 14 out of 27 EU countries have nuclear power plants. The plants are in operation in Europe 143: 58 in France, 19 in the United Kingdom, 17 in Germany, 10 in Sweden, 8 in Spain, 7 in Belgium, 6 in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Finland 4, 2 and 1 in Bulgaria in the Netherlands and Slovenia.
Other countries, like Italy and Poland, are planning to adopt this technology as soon as possible. Safe systems than Europeans? The EU Commissioner for Energy, German Günther Oettinger, urged the EU countries that use nuclear power to control the safety standards of older plants and did not rule out the possibility of closing these plants.
According to the German political situation in Japan has "changed the world": what was hitherto considered "safe and manageable" is being questioned, told those who asked if older plants in Europe threatened with closure, and this "we can not exclude anything." Prevention measures and controls remain a national responsibility, since they are the states to grant licenses to nuclear companies.
Sancho, and the EU directive Nuclear Safety, which provides for the mandatory establishment of an independent national authority that monitors the activity and safety of power plants. Also this directive makes it mandatory part of some standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) partly mandatory, but countries still have a lot of autonomy.
Moreover in Brussels on nuclear power is not a taboo, as is a fundamental part of that energy mix that would make the EU a reality clean energy by 2050. The same Commissioner Oettinger has always been pro-nuclear. Position strongly criticized by environmentalists for his Germany, where about 60 thousand demonstrators took to the streets in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg against nuclear power and the extension of the licenses granted to companies by Angela Merkel in recent months.
At the same time some no-nuclear groups in Austria are pushing for the EU implements the "stress test" to check the status of its reactors, some older than 25 years. Just today, the chancellor announced the suspension for three months of the decision to prolong the life of 17 units. And tomorrow there will be a special summit between the energy ministers of the 27, to talk to both Japan and Europe.
Meanwhile in Europe the political debate rages. "No reactor in the world is safe in the event of a meltdown," attacks the German Member Juergen Trittin of the Greens. And while the Austrian Nikolaus Berlakovich Environment Minister says that "we must monitor the safety of our facilities in case of earthquake," the conservative Finnish Finance Minister Jyrki KATAINEN believes that "it is too early to jump to conclusions and stop technology" .
Meanwhile, no official request for help was made to the EU from Japan. And according to the European Union Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP) "there are no consequences at the level of radiation for the Europeans."
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