Monday, 16 July 2007

Germany Asks IAEA to Assess Its Oversight of Nuclear Plants After Outages

(Bloomberg) -- The German government has asked the
International Atomic Energy Agency to assess its nuclear safety
oversight after fire broke out at a reactor owned by Vattenfall
Europe AG on the same day as an outage at a second reactor.

The Vienna-based IAEA will assess federal and state
supervision of the country's 17 nuclear plants, starting in 2008
and finishing in 2010, the Environment Ministry said in an e-
mailed statement today. Germany seeks a probe at ``the highest
level'' and wants the IAEA to propose remedies for any gaps it
uncovers, the ministry said.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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