Press Release: European Commission issues nuclear safeguard obligations warning to British Nuclear Group Sellafield

The European Commission on 15 February 2006 issued a formal warning against British Nuclear Group Sellafield (BNG SL). Under the Euratom Treaty, the European Commission has the task of ensuring that accounting and administrative procedures are in place to ensure that nuclear materials in possession of companies operating nuclear facilities in the EU are not diverted from the peaceful uses for which they have been declared.

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