The Commission contributes to nuclear safety in the EU, but updates required

Summary:

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’ radioactivity monitoring facilities; and to check the compatibility of nuclear investments with the Euratom Treaty. We conclude that overall the Commission used these competences well and contributed to nuclear safety in the EU. Our recommendations focus on the Commission’s role in monitoring the transposition of Euratom directives, the framework under which it issues the opinions on nuclear investments, and the approach it applies when preparing the opinions and carrying out verifications of radioactivity monitoring facilities.

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