7 Amendments of Sabine WILS related to 2009/0172(NLE)
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The transfer at the earliest possible juncture of the irradiated fuel elements from the storage ponds in Units 3 and 4 to an external temporary storage facility is essential in order to make the closure of the two units irreversible on safety grounds, in keeping with the need to protect people and the environment.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Consequently, provision should be made for a sum of EUR 300 million from the general budget of the European Union to fund the decommissioning of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant over the period from 2010 to 2013. Of this sum, EUR 180 million should be used to support the decommissioning programme, and the remaining EUR 120 million to fund direct final storage arrangements and measures to develop the dry interim storage facilities which will be needed until final storage arrangements have been made.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Given the unresolved issue of final storage arrangements for irradiated fuel elements and radioactive waste, a problem which both Bulgaria and other Member States face, the Union has no choice but to provide financial support so that initial progress can be made in this area. In addition, the co-financing of final storage arrangements should make the reprocessing of irradiated fuel elements in Russia superfluous.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The appropriations of the general budget of the European Union for decommissioning should not lead to distortions of competition in relation to power supply companies on the energy market in the Union. These appropriations should also be used to finance measures to compensate the loss of production capacity in line with the acquis. These appropriations should also be used to finance measures to compensate the loss of production capacity in line with the acquis.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes the programme laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Community's financial contribution to address the decommissioning of Units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant and the consequences of their closurefinal storage of radioactive substances in Bulgaria (hereinafter referred to as "Kozloduy Programme").
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
The Community contribution to the Kozloduy programme shall be granted for the purpose of providing financial support for measures connected with the decommissioning of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, measures for environmental upgrading in line with the acquis and for modernising conventional production capacity to replace the production capacity of the four reactors at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant and other measures which stem from the decision to close and decommission this plant and which contribute to the necessary restructuring, upgrading of the environment and modernisation of the energy production, transmission and distribution sectors in Bulgaria as well as to enhancing security of supply and energy efficiency in Bulgaria and for measures concerning the final storage of radioactive substances.