Press Release: The Commission proposes allocating EUR 1 billion for the period 2007-2013 for the closure of four nuclear reactors in Lithuania and Slovakia

Within the framework of the Financial Perspectives for 2007-2013, the European Commission proposed on 29 September 2004 the legislative measures needed for the European Union to continue granting financial assistance beyond 2006 to two new Member States, Lithuania and Slovakia, for the closure of four of their nuclear reactors. The decommissioning of nuclear installations involves the commitment of considerable sums of money (about 15% of the investment cost of a reactor) and extends over an extremely long period of time. The European Commission called on the Council to honour the commitments given by the EU by granting a total Community contribution of €1.052 billion for the period 2007-2013.

European Thematic Network on Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations: Homepage http://www.ec-tnd.net/

http://www.ec-decom.be/ http://www.ec-decom.be/

European Commission: DG Transport and Energy: Energy: Nuclear energy: Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations http://ec.europa.eu/comm/energy/nuclear/decommissioning/index_en.htm

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