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How safe is safe enough? Chernobyl reactors in the EU (2000)
| Author | FOEE, Patricia Lorenz |
| Date | October 2000 |
| Classification | 6.01.3.40/19 (NUCLEAR SAFETY - REACTORS - VVER/RBMK GENERAL) |
| Remarks | A FOE paper on the nuclear power plants in the EU accession countries 18 pages, October 2000. |
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1. Introduction The European Union is facing one of the most urgent questions concerning its enlargement process - How safe is 'safe enough' for the EU with regards to the Soviet-design nuclear power plants in Central and Eastern Europe. This Friends of the Earth Europe paper addresses the question of how nuclear safety standards should be defined, an issue which is currently being discussed by the EU Council working group on Atomic questions. The nuclear safety upgrading programs (PHARE etc.) and several bilateral agreements did not solve this basic question. The often demanded "Western safety level" or "internationally acceptable safety level" or even "high nuclear safety'' are still empty phrases without a clear technical definition. For a general background on nuclear safety in CEE and the history of EU involvement in this area, read Annex: Nuclear Safety and Enlargement.
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