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"en.20060705.12.3-144"2
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Firstly, I wish to express my support for the efforts of the Community to strengthen the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste within the EU.
Without a doubt, should it be our priority to ensure that our people are protected against the dangerous affects of nuclear waste.
However, I decided to abstain from the vote because the proposed Council directive does not take into account the dangerous effects of shipments and reprocessing of radioactive waste on nuclear-free Member States like Ireland.
The proposed directive focuses only on Member States who are active participants in the production of nuclear energy. The interests of passive bystanders like Ireland, a country which chose to remain nuclear-free and is not a transit state, are not covered by the proposal.
As a nuclear-free country, Ireland is affected by the waste coming from continental Europe to be reprocessed at Britain’s Sellafield plant. The waste is shipped through the Irish Sea, thus making it the most radioactive body of water in the world.
Ireland’s unique position is not included in the proposal for a directive on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste."@en1
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