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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	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991007.6.4-085"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-07-Speech-4-0862
lpv:speaker	lp:Nuala Ahern2
lpv:spoken text	"President, our hearts go out to the two radiation workers who were subjected to intense radiation poisoning and to the 300,000 people who were in terror as radiation levels skyrocketed. All over the world nuclear authorities insist that an accident like that in Japan could not happen anywhere else. Different processes will ensure that the chain reactions do not start. But in Britain, BNFL has recently admitted the falsifications of safety checks on MOX fuel while in Japan the authorities have found that the plant at Tokaimura was operating illegally for four years. The nuclear industry is clearly out of control. The PPE and PSE refuse to acknowledge a link with the BNFL MOX shipments to Japan. Perhaps here we see the long arm of Mr Blair, but the falsification of such data is of concern to Europe. There is a link – MOX shipments to Japan are under EU safeguards controls. If both ends of the chain are operating illegally, we must not only halt all MOX shipments but we must also halt the production of MOX fuel. I have to say here today that we must also stop blaming workers, workers who are now under sentence of death for the illegal and criminal activities of the nuclear industry. We have been told time and time again that stringent controls are in place, that accidents cannot happen and that fail-safe systems are in place and then when anything happens, we are told it is the fault of the workers. This is not only injuring people but also adding insult to injury. It is time that the nuclear industry was shut down completely. That, of course, is our position. But is this latest accident the death rattle of the nuclear industry or must further nuclear terror happen before we close this monstrous industry down?"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Green Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ahern (Greens/ALE )."1

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