Is everything clear about nuclear energy?
The 10-year-old Aarhus Convention provides – in theory - a strict legal framework for the public to be able to access all important environmental information and to be able to participate in decision making. A recent conference in Luxembourg studied how far these rules actually work in practice concerning procedures dealing with radioactive waste. Our colleague participated in the event.
The European Roundtable on April 8 - 9, 2010, was organised jointly by the European Commission and the French ANCLI, and focused on already completed radioactive waste storage investments. State and civil organisations from almost every EU country were present, as were many actors from industry, and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.
Our colleague András Perger shared his experience concerning the development of the radioactive waste depository at the village of Bátaapáti in his presentation.
The complexity of the topic was well illustrated when an official Czech presentation on the successful application of the Swedish model of communication was followed by another Czech presentation highlighting the failure of the same model.
The experiences shared and the conclusions drawn at the conference will probably contribute towards the recommendations concerning the future use of the Aarhus Convention.
More information: András Perger, conventional energy sources project leader, e-mail: [email protected], Tel: (36 1) 411-35-30.
April 22, 2010
