Activities
NTW response on European Commission refusal to give access to information on grounds PAKSII non-tendering
On 8 December 2016, Christiana Mauro and NTW made a request access to the documents connected to the legal assessment of infringement proceeding 2015/4231 initiated by the Commission against Hungary with regard to the public procurement … [Read More]
Germany`s nuclear repository search – From the difficulties of the public to participate
Statement from NTW member Brigitte Artmann, councilor Greens Fichtelgebirge, district of Wunsiedel There is within Germany from different sides still criticism on the operation of the Commission for the Storage of High Level Radioactive … [Read More]
Joint Project conference on RWM in Budapest on 15 Deember 2016
A one-day conference with international experts has focused on the Euratom directive on management of spent fuel and radioactive waste (Council Directive 2011/70/Euratom) in Budapest on 15 December 2016. The status of implementation in EU … [Read More]
English summary of the Report of the German Commission on the Storage of High- Level Radioactive Waste
After more than two years of work the German commission on nuclear waste disposal (“Endlagerkommission”) in July 2016 released its final report. In February 2017 a translation of the summary of the report has been made available. The … [Read More]
Conference TRANSPARENCY AND FUTURE OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT IN EUROPE
7 February 2017, European Parliament, room 8F388, 9:00- 12:30 Co-hosted by: – Victor Boştinaru (S&D) – Rebecca Harms (Greens/ALE) – Bendek Javor (Greens/ALE) – Sirpa Pietikäinen (EPP) Download: the program An EU legal framework … [Read More]
Seminar “DECOMMISSIONING, A NEW CHALLENGE FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY”
6 February 2017, Brussels, European Parliament Download: The program Context The urgent problem of nuclear installations decommissioning The decommissioning of nuclear facilities is one of the major challenges of the coming decades for Europe. A … [Read More]
Concerns on transparency and regulatory independence in Hungary
A letter of NTW to the IAEA and the Convention on Nuclear Safety concerning the law changes in Hungary On 9 February 2017, Nadja Zeleznik, Chair of Nuclear Trasparency Watch wrote to Mr. Ramzi Jammal … [Read More]
Nuclear safety: ANCCLI denounces a system of governance that is deteriorating
31 January 2017 – Press Conference of ANCCLI – Nuclear safety: ANCCLI denounces a system of governance that is deteriorating. Anomalies of the EPR vessel, Financial capacities of the operators, Report on the funding … [Read More]
THE BELGIAN NUCLEAR EMERGENCY DRAFT PLAN IS INADEQUATE AND INCOHERENT
Nuclear Transparency Watch (NTW) has reviewed the draft “Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Plan for the Belgian Territory”, which was presented on 10 January 2017 to the subcommittee on Nuclear Safety of the Belgian Federal … [Read More]
Opinion on NGO participation in the ENEF conference in Bratislava
Opinion column of Philip Kearney Together with three otherNuclear Transparency Watch colleagues I attended the European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF) conference in Bratislava on October 3-4. This opinion piece is anevaluation of the the … [Read More]