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"Mr President, I sympathise with the Commissioner over the vagaries of temperature in this building.
To paraphrase William Shakespeare, I come not to bury radioactive waste but to praise nuclear energy: that is to say, to provide a reminder that nuclear energy is vitally important to European electricity and, therefore, our people must have great confidence in the safety standards applied to its generation.
There has been an interesting debate about whether this should be a directive, which is binding, or a non-binding instrument. I would remind colleagues that the existing instruments covering nuclear safety – national regulations and the Convention on Nuclear Safety – are perfectly and wholly adequate. Let us remember that the buck stops with the Member States. However, what a directive can do is to change the perception individuals have of nuclear energy and their judgment as to whether or not it is safe. That is vitally important.
I welcome the changes to the treatment of decommissioning funds in the main text, which was a very important issue. I also welcome the principle involved in the proposal on decommissioning waste – the principle of setting deadlines for adopting a programme and choosing a site. I say that because Member States must take decisions and they – my own included – must be pushed into taking those decisions. That is the vital role of this proposal. Let us have flexibility, but let us set deadlines. That also will enhance public confidence."@en1
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