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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to remind you of the report which your fellow Member, Mr Rübig, presented to Parliament recently, which proposed that there was a need to establish European nuclear safety standards to be binding throughout the European Union, and not just in the candidate countries.
With regard to the problem of unfair competition within the internal electricity market, Article 11 and the corresponding Annex, which clearly establish that the funds for dismantling can only be used expressly for the purposes laid down, that is, when the time comes, for the dismantling of the relevant energy installations, something which is unfortunately not the case today in several countries of the Union, but rather these funds enter into the general assets of the companies and can therefore be used for any operational purpose.
I would like to say that, in making this proposal, what I am doing above all is following up a decision of this Parliament, and I am delighted, Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, to be in agreement with Parliament and to be able to comply with an almost unanimous request by this House. That is the first thing I wanted to say to you.
Secondly, some of you may be suspicious of other kinds of hidden intentions – second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth intentions. But there are objective and unquestionable facts. If they are approved – as I hope they will be in the coming months – these proposals will increase the guarantees that nuclear safety in all the power stations and installations of the European Union is at the highest and most suitable level. We will increase the guarantees that the problem of nuclear waste will have a solution, at least in relation to its appropriate storage, with maximum time periods. We will increase the guarantees that the funds necessary for the dismantling of the current more or less contaminated installations will exist and will be available when needed.
Therefore, as far as the citizens are concerned, we will increase what we have to increase, I believe: guarantees, confidence, information, transparency. That is the objective reality. All the rest is interpretation. I am telling you that that is my intention.
You have mentioned renewable energy. Ladies and gentlemen, I only wanted to say that my first proposal was to promote the generation of electricity based on renewable energy – this had not been done before – with quantified objectives for the different States of the Union. Then I presented a proposal on biofuels. I have presented various proposals on energy efficiency, in particular one on buildings which is very ambitious. I would like to say, ladies and gentlemen, that in no way have I ignored the issue of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Quite the opposite. I have thrown myself into it from the outset. But that does not mean that it is not necessary to make improvements in the safety of nuclear installations – not only of power stations, but also of university, research and all types of installation – throughout the European Union and improvements in relation to information and the safety of waste management in the European Union in all respects.
Third question:
. I would like to make it clear to the honourable Member that it is not me who carries out leaks, I can guarantee that. What is more, on some occasions I have been the victim of them, but I do not carry them out on principle, of course. This morning this package on nuclear safety was approved and now I am presenting it to you.
With regard to technologies, a package for research and its promotion is proposed. There are areas of research – for example what is known as separation and transmutation – which may provide solutions. It is not guaranteed, but they may provide solutions. It is because the results of this research are not guaranteed that, in the meantime, we must resolve the issue of deep underground storage. But there is research, and its outlook is very positive.
Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that in this way we are increasing safety, guarantees and information to citizens. It is not a question of creating a new research body. Quite the opposite, it is the national authorities – and the controllers – who will have the responsibility for research throughout the Union."@en1
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