Press Release: Nuclear waste: European Commission proposes safety standards for final disposal

The European Commission has proposed safety standards for disposing spent fuel and radioactive waste from nuclear power plants as well as from medicine or research. In the Directive put forward on 3 November 2010, Member States are asked to present national programmes indicating when, where and how they will construct and manage final repositories aimed at guaranteeing the highest safety standards. With the Directive internationally agreed safety standards become legally binding and enforceable in the European Union.

European Commission: Memo/10/540: Safety standards for nuclear waste disposal: Q&As http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/540&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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