Activities of Zigmantas BALČYTIS related to 2010/2104(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU funding in the area of decommissioning nuclear power plants in the new Member States (short presentation)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the three EU candidate countries, Lithuania, Slovakia and Bulgaria, operated old Soviet design nuclear power plants (NPPs) which could not be economically upgraded to EU safety standards, and needed to be closed quickly, and the accession negotiations led to fixed closure dates for the three NPPs concerned, and whereas these Member States could not find the necessary funds to carry out the decommissioning,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU recognised that the shut-down and subsequent decommissioning of these NPPs represented a significant financial and economical burden which could not be fully covered by the Member States concerned, and therefore the Treaties of Accession, as well as subsequent Council Regulations for the implementation of these Treaties, provided for financial assistance to the respective Member States. However, the assistance was not intended to cover the full cost of decommissioning or to compensate for all economic consequences,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Considers that the financial aid should be allocated to cover the full costs of the decommissioning operations, enable this work to be completed on schedule and ensure a high degree of safety for the decommissioning work and social measures to cushion the impact of the closure of the nuclear power plants, and be used effectively;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that, if the decommissioning procedure is harmonised, account should be taken of the relevant administrative structures of the Member States, and the resource management procedure as such ought to be simplified;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – introductory part
Paragraph 14 – introductory part
14. Notes that the most extensive and thorough evaluation, the ECA audit, is still ongoing; suggests that this should provide clarifications regardinghelp to reveal the objectives of the use of the funds and their effectiveness, as well as viable proposals for the future, and assess the additional funding required in order to perform the decommissioning; suggests that, being a full performance audit, it should clarify, among other matters, the following:
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that the purpose of the Community assistance is to support these three Member States in coping with the financial and economical burden caused by fixed closure dates, and not to cover the full costo complete the necessary decommissioning work, invest in energy projects with the aim of reducing energy dependency and help to mitigate the social impact of the decommissioning of the power plants; notes, however, that in all three cases the costs for decommissioning of the power plants have exceeded the planned EU assistance, and are also likely to exceed the initial estimates; notes also with concern that most of the funds were used for energy projects and not for the main aim of the financial assistance: NPP decommissioning;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that the ultimate goal of the early closure of the NPPs in question, and of their decommissioning, was and still is the issue of safety; invites, therefore, the Council, the Commission and the Member States to bear that in mind in any future decisions concerning nuclear decommissioning in general and these three decommissioning programmes in particular; calls on the Commission to arrange for adequate coordination with the Member States and to establish precise timetables for the completion of the projects;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 28 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission to study ways of altering the EU’s methods of financing decommissioning operations in view of the strategies employed in the Member States and their national administrative structures, and simplifying the rules on management of the funds in such a way that they do not affect the safety and security of the decommissioning operations;