
The fragile environmental coalitions cleaning up the Black Sea oil spill
This article by Angelina Davydova, editor of Bellona’s Ecology & Rights magazine, first appeared in The Moscow Times. The oil spill in ...
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Publish date: April 30, 2007
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Greens MEPs Monica Frassoni, Rebecca Harms and Claude Turmes met with Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes on 16 April to express their deep concerns about ENEL’s plan to develop an old nuclear reactor in Mochovce and the fact that the development is likely to be dependent on a significant amount of state aid.
According to Greens/EFA Co-President Monica Frassoni, “environmentalists and Greens across Europe are gravely concerned by the proposed expansion of the Mochovce nuclear power plant. The Mochovce reactor is based on 1970s soviet technology and is one of the most outdated in Europe, lacking many of the crucial safety mechanisms introduced after Chernobyl, notably containment. By proceeding with this development, ENEL would be acting in contradiction to what it is claiming in Italy i.e. that it is investing in safe and advanced technologies. There is no such thing as safe nuclear technology.”
Referring to a plebiscite in Italy in 1987, which decided to close down all Italian nuclear reactors, Frassoni further said that "ENEL would also be ignoring the will of a clearly anti-nuclear Italian public, which is disturbing given ENEL is a partially state-owned firm. We fully support the demonstration organized by Greenpeace at various Italian embassies today in opposition to ENEL’s planned nuclear investment".
Also greens energy spokespersons Rebecca Harms and Claude Turmes criticized the project. "In addition to safety issues, the proposed development at Mochovce would not be feasible without flouting EU competitive rules,” they said.
This article by Angelina Davydova, editor of Bellona’s Ecology & Rights magazine, first appeared in The Moscow Times. The oil spill in ...
The following speech was given by Bellona nuclear expert Dmitry Gorchakov at the Arctic Frontiers conference, which was in session this week in Troms...
Social media are ablaze after Bellona founder Frederic Hauge met Motvind’s Eivind Salen on Norwegian national broadcaster NRK’s Debatten program last night.
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