The ratification of the Treaty on European Union in Maastricht on 7 February 1992 was preceded by earnest debate in the Member States. The preparatory work done by the national parliaments likewise reflects the realisation that the Treaty of Union marks, in the words of the preamble, "a new stag...
This publication contains the consolidated - updated - version of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, including annexes and protocols. It incorporates the amendments made by the Treaty of Lisbon, which entered into force on 1 December 2009....
The primary responsibility for nuclear safety lies with nuclear installations’ licence holders and national authorities. The specific responsibilities of the Commission in this area are to develop the Euratom legal framework and oversee its transposition in Member States; to verify Member States...
The European Commission (EC) and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) have, over the past several years, sponsored a project on the engineered barrier system (EBS) used in geological disposal of long-lived radioactive wastes. The EC/NEA EBS Project has examined how to design, characterise, model...
Nuclear energy accounts for around one third of the electricity generated in the European Union, thus contributing to a secure energy supply and the reduction of CO2 emissions. 25 March 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the signature in Rome of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy...
