Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-10-07-Speech-4-089"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Nuclear accident in Japan2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991007.6.4-089"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-07-Speech-4-0902
lpv:speaker	lp:Mihail Papayannakis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--1999-10-12)3 vice-chair; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Synaspismos tis Aristeras kai tis Proodou (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to put some questions to the Commission. In my view, the accident in Japan demonstrated, first of all, that nuclear energy is not safe. When are the safety levels actually determined? How many victims were there at the time of the Chernobyl accident and how many are there today, about ten years on? Safety levels cannot be measured at the time of the accident. A nuclear accident is not the same as a train accident. In time, the effects magnify and they cannot be reversed quite so easily. Secondly, just how cheap is nuclear energy, Commissioner? Will the nuclear industry pay the initial cost of research and development which the military, i.e. the taxpayers, had to pay? Does the nuclear industry pay for the cost of the accidents when they affect areas and sections of the population on a much wider scale? Of course, it would work out cheap if it did not have to bear all those costs. This is why I believe that it is time to turn a new leaf, to change existing policy. It would take decades to close down all the nuclear plants. Let us capitalise on this time and concentrate our efforts on the other sources of energy we have been discussing here. Let us discourage the establishment of new nuclear plants, particularly in areas which are not as safe as Japan such as the ones now under preparation in Turkey, in Akkyu, or in Thrace. How can we dare to encourage such dangerous investments?"@en1

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