NUCLEAR POWER AND THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. ANTONY FROGGATT DRAFT 10th July 1999 1 LIST OF CONTENTS: LIST OF TABLES..................................................................................................................................................4 ABBREVIATIONS: ...............................................................................................................................................5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ...................................................................................................................................6 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO ACCESSION. ..........................................................................................11 PRE-ACCESSION STRATEGY..........................................................................................................................11 AGENDA 2000.....................................................................................................................................................12 THE REINFORCED PRE-ACCESSION STRATEGY:......................................................................................13 Legal Instruments for the Reinforced Pre-Accession Strategy:........................................................................13 Financial Instruments for the Reinforced Pre-Accession Strategy:..................................................................14 The Phare Program: ..........................................................................................................................................16 RESOURCES: ......................................................................................................................................................16 CHAPTER 2: ACCESSION AND NUCLEAR POWER. ...................................................................................18 FIRST GENERATION REACTORS:..................................................................................................................22 SECOND GENERATION:...................................................................................................................................23 International Safety Standards:.........................................................................................................................23 European Union Nuclear Safety Standard:.......................................................................................................24 The Current Proposals: .....................................................................................................................................26 NUCLEAR ACQUIS:...........................................................................................................................................27 RESOURCES: ......................................................................................................................................................28 CHAPTER 3: THE EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS...............................................................................29 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION......................................................................................................................29 Commission Communications..........................................................................................................................29 An Illustrative Nuclear Programme (PINC):....................................................................................................31 Panel of Experts:...............................................................................................................................................33 COURT OF AUDITORS......................................................................................................................................34 The Court's main findings:................................................................................................................................35 The Court's main recommendations .................................................................................................................36 The Commission’s Response to the Report......................................................................................................36 COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ................................................................................................................................37 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT......................................................................................................................41 General..............................................................................................................................................................42 STOA................................................................................................................................................................43 VETO....................................................................................................................................................................44 RESOURCES: ......................................................................................................................................................45 CHAPTER 4: THE EUROPEAN REGULATORS.............................................................................................46 BULGARIA..........................................................................................................................................................46 CZECH REPUBLIC.............................................................................................................................................47 Dukovany..........................................................................................................................................................48 Temelin .............................................................................................................................................................48 HUNGARY ..........................................................................................................................................................48 LITHUANIA ........................................................................................................................................................49 ROMANIA ...........................................................................................................................................................51 SLOVAK REPUBLIC..........................................................................................................................................52 Bohunice V1 .....................................................................................................................................................52 Mochovce..........................................................................................................................................................53 SLOVENIA ..........................................................................................................................................................53 RESOURCES: ......................................................................................................................................................54 CHAPTER 5: NATIONAL PROGRAMS ...........................................................................................................55 BULGARIA:.........................................................................................................................................................55 Current Status of Reactors:...............................................................................................................................55 Kozloduy 1-4: ...............................................................................................................................................55 2 Kozloduy 5 and 6:.........................................................................................................................................57 Belene: ..........................................................................................................................................................58 Nuclear and Accession: ....................................................................................................................................61 Hard Negotiations:........................................................................................................................................62 CZECH REPUBLIC.............................................................................................................................................64 Dukovany:.........................................................................................................................................................64 Temelin:............................................................................................................................................................65 Construction Problems: ................................................................................................................................66 Nuclear and Accession: ....................................................................................................................................71 HUNGARY ..........................................................................................................................................................72 Nuclear and Accession: 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