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"Mr President, I should like to thank all the rapporteurs for their hard work. I will confine myself to the nuclear question.
The Euratom Atomic Energy Community was founded in 1957 and is now well past its sell-by date. It is a closed institution and is regulated solely by the Council. Codecision with Parliament is excluded. We really need to change this.
Its separation from other EU norms is also highlighted by Euratom having its own framework for its research programme. This nuclear technology is the only area to have its own ringfenced budget. Moreover safety requirements, as Mr Schwaiger has pointed out, are not at all coordinated. This is more than regrettable.
The nuclear fusion budget remains the largest single area – EUR 750 million – of energy research and proposes funds allocated to the development of the next generation of fusion research. Most experts anticipate that if fusion is ever to achieve commercialisation it will not be for at least another 50 years. Therefore the fusion budget is a financial black hole in pursuit of an ever-receding holy grail of fusion energy.
Despite around half a century of commercial operation of nuclear reactors, the solution to the long-term management of nuclear waste remains unsolved. The framework programme for additional funds to research geological disposal of radioactive waste means that EU-funded research for what is effectively a commercial waste problem represents yet another subsidy to the nuclear industry. This is unacceptable."@en1
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