Nukewatch Quarterly Fall 2019
There are at least 18 nuclear reactors currently operating without a valid license in the European Union, according to a report put together by Germany’s Green Party member and nuclear expert Sylvia Kotting-Uhl. The unlawfully run reactors should have been subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment because of their age. Reactors deemed “high risk” are required by law to undergo the environmental assessment, particularly those over 30 years old and those approaching or past the end of their 40-year operational life. EU governments illegally running reactors include The Netherlands, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belgium, Finland, the UK, Sweden and Switzerland. Another 34 other reactors are also operating illegally in neighboring countries outside the European Union. Kotting-Uhl demanded in her report that the German government push for an “end to illegal nuclear power plant operation.”
—Business Insider Germany, Aug. 25; and Spiegel online, Aug. 16, 2019
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