The European Commission is tomorrow expected to publish a progress report on nuclear power station stress tests. The latest publicly available data reveals that the tests have entirely ignored evacuation plans for towns and cities near nuclear...
Brussels, 27 October 2011 – Greenpeace today presented a map [1] allowing citizens in every European country to see how nuclear plants fared under ‘stress tests’.
European countries today agreed to develop plans to address the ever-growing problem of nuclear waste. However, the EU also agreed to continue the dangerous practice of transporting radioactive material across great distances to storage plants...
Industrial pollution is a severe threat to water resources around the world, particularly in the Global South where the view prevails that pollution is the price to pay for progress. The only way to address these hidden dangers in our water is...
Brussels, 25 May 2011 – Agreement on the content of ‘stress tests’ for Europe’s nuclear power stations between the European Commission and European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group will be announced this morning.
Brussels, 12 May 2011 – Options for so-called “stress tests” on Europe’s nuclear power plants will be discussed today by the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group and the European Commission.
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A 3 page briefing outlining how Europe can rapidly phase-out nuclear power while increasing its climate target.
Brussels, International — Nuclear safety is on the agenda today for special meetings of Europe's energy ministers as well as International Atomic Energy Agency officials following the crisis in Japan. This briefing details Greenpeace's view on...
Brussels, International — Energy ministers will today discuss the nuclear situation in Europe following the crisis in Japan. Greenpeace warns that Europe cannot rule out the same kind of nuclear disaster Japan is sadly experiencing.
Brussels/Bratislava, International — Yesterday, the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee slammed Slovakia for lack of proper public consultation on the Mochovce 3,4 nuclear power project. This decision means that Slovakia also is in breach with...
Brussels, International — The European Commission presents its proposals for a new Euratom directive on nuclear waste on 3 November 2010. Member states should be aware that this sub-standard directive has significant omissions.
Member States should be aware of significant and potentially costly omissions from the European Commission’s proposed Euratom directive, to be delivered by Commissioner Oettinger on 3 November 2010. The risk is that a sub-standard Commission...
Two qualified Greenpeace radiation specialists delivered four radioactive samples in two concrete and lead-lined containers to Parliament’s twin entrances on Rue Wiertz. Dozens of trained Greenpeace volunteers zoned off areas with tape before...
Together with two radiation specialists they have delivered samples of radioactive waste in two concrete and lead-lined containers collected from unsecured public locations in UK, France, Belgium and Niger to the door of EU Parliament to remind...
International — Greenpeace delivered radioactive waste to the door of the European Parliament today to remind MEPs in their last plenary session before considering a new nuclear waste law that there is no solution to nuclear waste.
European leaders are being misled over the safety of underground disposal of highly dangerous nuclear waste which could poison groundwaters for centuries, a new study concludes.
Brussels, Belgium — European leaders are being misled over the safety of underground disposal of highly dangerous nuclear waste which could poison groundwaters for centuries, a new study concludes.
This briefing illustrates why - for now, and for the coming hundreds of thousands of years - the nuclear waste problem is here to stay and why we should stop wasting our time with nuclear power.
Would you drive a car if it had no brakes? Probably not. Yet nuclear power has been driven for the last 50 years by the nuclear industry and some European governments with no concern for the safety of its deadly by-product: nuclear waste.
Despite high visibility advertising campaigns and support from certain political spheres, the numbers on the ground show that the nuclear industry is in the midst of a slow but inexorable decline. Even the most favourable projections predict that...
Brussels, Belgium — Today, environment ministers meeting in Luxembourg will rubber-stamp a Euratom Directive on Nuclear Safety. The law was meant to improve nuclear safety in Europe by setting EU-wide standards. However, the directive mainly...
Brussels / Prague, International — Today, environmental organisations Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and Sortir du nucléaire formally ended their participation in the European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF) at a meeting in Prague hosted by the...
Brussels / Bratislava, International — Greenpeace today filed a complaint to the European Commission against the Slovak State. Greenpeace alleges that the way the Czech energy giant CEZ was selected to be the strategic partner in the construction...
Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace has filed complaints to the European Commission over alleged illegal state aid for the construction of two nuclear reactors in Romania and two in Bulgaria. The environmental organisation argues that both countries...
Brussels, International — Greenpeace warns that the decision by Slovakia to restart a Soviet era nuclear power plant would put the whole of Europe at risk, without providing any relief for gas shortages. The Slovak government argues that it needs...
Brussels, Belgium — Christmas has come early for the automotive industry, after the European Commission pledged to deliver a generous rescue package of €5 billion in 2009 despite the industry’s resistance to legislation to reduce car CO2 emissions.
Nuclear energy cannot fulfil Europe’s energy needs, but burdens countries with spiralling costs and constitutes an enormous threat to the environment, said Greenpeace at an EU-sponsored meeting on nuclear energy in Bratislava today.(1)
There is a clear scientific consensus that we must halve global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050 or suffer changes to the global climate with catastrophic consequences. Avoiding the most severe impacts of climate change requires governments...
Greenpeace condemns today’s Commission opinion that gives a green light to the outdated and dangerous Mochovce nuclear project in Slovakia.
Brussels, Belgium — An accident at the Krsko nuclear power plant in Slovenia tripped the EU’s ‘Ecurie’ early warning system for nuclear emergencies on Wednesday afternoon. There was a loss of coolant liquid from the reactor and the plant is being...
Prague, Czech Republic — Greenpeace activists projected messages, including ‘Nuclear Undermines Climate Protection’ and ‘Energy [R]evolution Now!’, against the backdrop of the illuminated Prague Castle, drawing attention to the dangers of...
Brussels, Belgium — An international bank consortium funding Slovak energy company Slovenske elektrarne (SE), including financial institutions ING, ERSTE, Société Générale and Intesa Sanpaolo, has pulled out of the Mochovce nuclear power plant...
Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace today filed an official complaint with the European Commission alleging illegal state aid and market distortion concerning the Mochovce nuclear power plant project in Slovakia.
Greenpeace Mochovce competition complaint - briefing (part2)
Greenpeace Mochovce competition complaint - letter (part 1)
A new report published by a team of international energy and economic experts which conclusively proves that nuclear power is neither a practical nor economically viable solution to tackling climate change.
Brussels, Belgium — The European Commission decided today to close the investigation prompted by two separate complaints by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Federation (EREF) which alleged that the construction of the Olkiluoto 3...
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