Translation of "Attaque de points menaçants d'un incendie " (French → English) :

The report of the Group of Personalities identifies the role for European coordination and development of advanced technologies in monitoring and controlling perceived threats, preventing major incidents such as terrorist attack, and in crisis management and humanitarian operations.

I should point out here, given that it is three months to the day since the terrorist attack on 11 September, that we need to include a category to deal with health threats from natural, biological and chemical agents caused by unforeseen circumstances, such as accidents or defective infrastructure or machinery, human error or even acts of terrorism.

In the light of the UK government’s approval on 3 October 2001 of a new plutonium fuel facility at the Sellafield nuclear complex, will the Council state its position on this proposal, particularly with regard to the security aspects, given that there are worrying reports that such a facility will increase the global trade in plutonium, that such trade will increase the threat to global security, that transportation of 'weapons usable' material makes it vulnerable to terrorists and that the atrocity of 11 September raises the risk that Sellafield could be targeted by terrorists, with catastrophic results for the populations of the UK, Ir ...[+++]eland and globally.

The joint programme adopted by the Council and the Commission on 20 December 2002 reviews the legislative and other measures already in place and spells out future actions to improve the multi-sector response that needs to be mounted against a threat or attack in the EU.

In the light of the UK government’s approval on 3 October 2001 of a new plutonium fuel facility at the Sellafield nuclear complex, will the Council state its position on this proposal, particularly with regard to the security aspects, given that there are worrying reports that such a facility will increase the global trade in plutonium, that such trade will increase the threat to global security, that transportation of 'weapons usable' material makes it vulnerable to terrorists and that the atrocity of 11 September raises the risk that Sellafield could be targeted by terrorists, with catastrophic results for the populations of the UK, Ir ...[+++]eland and globally.

From a user's point of view, threats such as environmental incidents or human errors which disrupt the network are potentially as costly as malicious attacks.