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EU energy commissioner and French regulator at loggerheads over criteria for nuclear stress tests
Publication date: 12 May 2011
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European energy commissioner Günther Oettinger is calling for “strict criteria” for stress tests for Europe’s nuclear reactors, evaluating “threats from both natural disasters and criminal activity”. The French regulator, however, has spoken out against including terrorist scenarios. Oettinger threatened to return the matter to the Commission, should the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) fail to agree methodology for the tests today.