Friday, March 25, 2011

Only Germany, Spain and France are committed to closing the nuclear power to suspend the test resistance

The Heads of State and Government of the European Union agreed to test security at European nuclear power plants and implement the highest standards of security to the 143 reactors in 14 of the 27 EU countries, only Germany, Spain and France made a public commitment to close plants to suspend the examination.

"If it is clear that fails the safety test and that corrective measures can be the logical consequence is that the plant should not be active," said José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the Spanish president. The European Council discussed the challenge that the Fukushima nuclear accident raises a European energy policy in the composition of atomic energy has a considerable influence.

The Japan incident does not call into question the principle that "the combination of energy sources is the responsibility of States", confirmed yesterday by European leaders, but a lesson that the Twenty want to take advantage. Hence the purpose of reviewing the safety of all the plants, according to patterns of utmost rigor and transparency.

Tests carried out over the coming months will be lifted later this year the European Council itself, to suggest improvements to make. That's the end the deal, challenged by insufficient environmental groups and parties, that they miss, among other things, that no sanctions. Zapatero said that in the event of shortcomings in the Spanish plants, "will enhance security if possible and may in most cases." For those who fail the test and have no reference, "the logical consequence is that the plant should be no activity." Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, which gets 75% of its electricity from the atom, said at a news conference that "will not pass the immediate and the only consequence will be closing." Chancellor Angela Merkel has already ordered the temporary closure of seven of the 17 German reactors on the grounds of age.

Zapatero expounded on the idea yesterday. "The old account has almost everything," he said in words that rang with double meanings. "Also in large technological systems. It is not the same thing over the 70 central one that we will see in this decade." The European Council proposed to associate with this policy of prevention of nuclear weapon safety to neighboring countries (Switzerland, Russia.

Ukraine and Turkey) just the day when Ankara announced that next year will begin building its first nuclear plant on the Mediterranean coast, reports Blanca López Arangüena. In 2023, the country will have three nuclear power plants, according to the Government. In Turkey several tectonic plates collide and is an area of high seismicity.

Last year an earthquake of 6.0 on the Richter scale killed 57 people and killed 20,000 in 1999 a strong earthquake in southwestern China.

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