Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-02-Speech-3-146"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Nuclear safety fifteen years after Chernobyl2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010502.10.3-146"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-02-Speech-3-1472
lpv:speaker	lp:Inger Schörling2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Miljöpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we in the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance are pleased that we have, at any event, succeeded in agreeing upon a resolution, even though we should, of course, have liked it to be stronger on certain points. Fifteen years after Chernobyl, the safety of nuclear power and its effects upon health are the subject of this resolution. Chernobyl is a constant reminder to us that we cannot continue to ignore the risks of nuclear power, and it constitutes the clearest warning of all about the threat posed by nuclear power to our whole existence. I would say to the previous speaker that nuclear accidents were not the invention of Communism. Rather, accidents have also occurred in the United States and Japan. Is that at least not something we should be able to agree about? The UN’s Department for Humanitarian Affairs estimates that 9 million people have been affected directly or indirectly by the disaster in Chernobyl. In Belarus, 18 per cent of the total population live in a heavily polluted environment. These figures are extremely high, considering what they mean for individual people. Just as Commissioner Wallström pointed out, children are the most vulnerable. The World Health Organisation reports that the annual rate of thyroid gland cancer among children in the Gomel area of Belarus and the most affected areas in Ukraine exceeds the normal values by almost a hundred times. The question is whether we have learned anything since then. Is the precautionary principle being applied today? EU funds are still being handed out for the purpose of completing the nuclear reactors in Ukraine, and Euratom still spreads the gospel of nuclear power, praising its splendid qualities. It is, of course, commendable that the EU should contribute to nuclear safety, but should we not also at some point provide funds for nuclear power stations? I want to ask Commissioner Wallström if the Commission has any plans to require the applicant States to close down nuclear power stations before they can become members of the European Union. I would also add my name to the question asked earlier about what safety standard the EU has. What answer do we give to the applicant States when they ask about this?"@en1
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