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"en.20110623.37.4-560-500"2
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"This report highlights a serious flaw in EU governance that must be addressed as soon as possible. Member States with nuclear power enjoy a competitive advantage over states that are nuclear-free. However, states adjacent to countries with nuclear power plants can be adversely affected by their neighbour. It will be recalled that in the past carbon emissions from some Member States created acid rain in other countries. Also nuclear fallout from Chernobyl affected EU states. This is the case in Ireland, where Sellafield – one of the world’s biggest nuclear reprocessing plants – has been contaminating the Irish Sea to the detriment of Ireland since the 1950s. Apart from the threat of accident or terrorist attack, there is also considerable evidence of adverse health effects along Ireland’s eastern seaboard attributed to Sellafield discharges. Europe has been using nuclear technology for more than 60 years and still there is no policy on management and disposal of nuclear waste. The 12th Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association called for a regional approach to the transport of nuclear waste. The industry and Parliament should recognise that disposal and reprocessing is also a transnational policy area that cannot be left to individual Member States."@en1
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