PORTUGAL FACES ECJ LEGAL ACTION OVER RESEARCH REACTOR WASTE
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PORTUGUESE government is being taken to the European Court of Justice by the European Commission over allegations it is breaking EURATOM rules regarding its operation of the Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear research reactor in Lisbon. Brussels claims a failure to follow EURATOM- mandated administrative controls, notably over the discharge of radioactive effluents.
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THE PORTUGUESE government is being taken to the European Court of Justice by the European Commission over allegations it is breaking EURATOM rules regarding its operation of the Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear research reactor in Lisbon. Brussels claims a failure to follow EURATOM- mandated administrative controls, notably over the discharge of radioactive effluents.
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