Translation of "Opérateur de conduite en centrale nucléaire " (French → English) :

4. Recalls, however, that the stress tests initiated by the Commission and ENSREG were limited in scope and were primarily intended to assess the robustness and preparedness of NPPs in the face of extremely severe external events; considers, therefore, that the stress tests were primarily aimed at assessing the robustness and preparedness of NPPs against such severe external events and were not and could not be intended to replace the detailed safety reviews of NPPs which are carried out under the national competence of the Member States for assessing the nuclear safety of NPPs; urges the Commission, therefore, to include the overall r ...[+++]obustness of NPPs (in particular with regard to possible cracks in pressure vessels) as a specific criterion in future stress tests;

20. Asks, in the interests of efficient policymaking and a transparent public debate, for the initial estimated total cost of the necessary safety improvement measures recommended following the stress tests for the 132 reactors operating in the EU (EUR 10 to 25 billion over the coming years) to be further substantiated by a more detailed cost analysis, to be carried out by the national regulators in cooperation with the nuclear operators and, if possible, linked to the choice of identified recommendations; considers that, whatever the costs of such improvements, they must be borne entirely ...[+++] by the nuclear operators and not by the taxpayer; calls on the Commission to monitor this issue closely, including in the context of its competences in competition policy;

Under the EU’s Nuclear Illustrative Programme, projects to build nuclear power plants in the Union may not be funded via state aid, and other solutions need to be identified, such as financing by private operators or from the capital markets. The planned Bulgarian state guarantees for the Belene project fall under the heading of ‘state aid’.

A. whereas the three EU candidate countries, Lithuania, Slovakia and Bulgaria, operated old nuclear power plants (NPPs) which were agreed to be closed, and the accession negotiations led to early fixed closure dates for the units in the three NPPs concerned,

A. whereas the three EU candidate countries, Lithuania, Slovakia and Bulgaria, operated old nuclear power plants (NPPs) which were agreed to be closed, and the accession negotiations led to early fixed closure dates for the units in the three NPPs concerned,

Member States have consulted on a significant number of transport infrastructure (motorways; railways; airports; container terminals or ports; tunnels and bridges) and energy schemes (power plants); wind farms; nuclear plants, nuclear storage or re-processing facilities; and gas and electricity pipelines.