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"Madam President, the management of spent fuel and radioactive waste is particularly important, both for the safety of the environment and people and for that of society. I therefore urge the Council, when adopting the directive, to also focus on the opinion of the European Parliament, which is playing an increasingly significant role in addressing environmental issues. Regrettably, sometimes when we are playing our political games we want to insert various provisions in documents that may be counterproductive.
When they joined the European Union, certain Member States brought with them the burden of nuclear power plants that had been imposed on them against their will. The decommissioning of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant was one of the conditions of Lithuania’s accession to the EU. In turn, the European Union made a formal commitment to fund the decommissioning. Above all, this commitment was made by the EU because it would be impossible for a country like Lithuania to fund all the power plant decommissioning work on its own. The decommissioning work includes dealing with spent fuel and radioactive waste.
Therefore, calls to place this burden on the shoulders of the Member States concerned would be counterproductive. If Lithuania did not receive the necessary funding, it would be impossible for it to effectively guarantee security. Instead, in the forthcoming financial perspective, the decommissioning of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant must remain a concern for both Lithuania and the whole of the European Union."@en1
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