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EC Proposes Revised Nuclear Safety Directive

November 26, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS

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Nuclear Safety Directive

Its scope of application is the design, siting, construction, maintenance, operation and decommissioning of nuclear installations, for which consideration of safety is required under the legislative and regulatory framework of the EU member state concerned.

The right of each member state to use nuclear energy or not in its energy mix remains recognized and fully respected in the proposed legislation.

The new directive responds to EU citizen concerns for binding safety legislation regulating the operation of nuclear power plants across Europe. The cross-border risks associated with the operation of nuclear installations is well known, but there has only been limited standardization of safety requirements among EU member states until now.

"This directive will benefit EU citizens by improving their safety and giving them legal certainty. Member states will have a common reference framework for their respective national nuclear safety systems and retain the right to apply more stringent rules if required," said Andris Piebalgs, EC energy commissioner.

The recent renewed interest in the use of nuclear energy makes convergence rules at the EU level even more necessary in order to support the member states in their efforts to continuously improve nuclear safety.

The new directive is firmly anchored in the subsidiarity principle, as it aims at enhancing the role of the national nuclear safety control bodies, their independence and resources in fulfilling their tasks.

The proposal, which replaces and updates the one tabled in September 2004 - COM 2004(526) final - is based on the obligations of the Convention on Nuclear Safety (signed on Oct. 24, 1996 under the aegis of the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA) and the IAEA Fundamental Safety Principles, IAEA Safety Standard Series No. SF-1 (2006).

The High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management (ENSREG), will become the focal point of cooperation between regulators and will contribute to the continuous improvement of nuclear safety requirements, especially with respect to new reactors.

The proposal has the EC present a report to the European Council of Ministers on progress made with the implementation of this directive, accompanied, if appropriate, by legislative proposals.

The text of the directive is available on the EC's web page on Nuclear Energy.