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192386
Sat, 07/02/2011 - 08:05
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Plans for shutting down NPPs look simplistic, hasty - Mironov.
VOULIAGMENI (Itar-Tass) - Plans for closing down
nuclear power plants and eliminating nuclear power altogether are too
simplistic and hasty, the leader of the party Fair Russia, Sergei Mironov,
said at a two-day meeting of the Socialist International, being held in
Vouliagmeni, the seaside suburb of Athens.
Mironov said the tragedy of the Japanese nuclear power plant
Fukushima-1 once again faced humanity with two crucial issues - what is to
be done in the future regarding the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and
how to most effectively respond to international-level, large-scale
natural and technological disasters.
"Opinions on one issue around the world are conflicting and many," he
said. "After the accident at Fukushima-1 prospects for the further use of
nuclear energy, as is known, began to be urgently reviewed, not only in
Germany, which plans to stop using nuclear power altogether by 2020, but
also Italy. It seems that such a solution is too simplistic and hasty."
The politician said that the "nuclear issue" had always been the focus
of the Socialist International.
"The Socialist International's Commission for a Sustainable World
Society in its report From a High Carbon Economy to a Low Carbon Society,
which was presented at the 64th session of the UN General Assembly, warned
about the serious problems of nuclear energy in terms of technical safety
and environmental hazards, if the nuclear energy sector will expand
rapidly without adequate measures to prevent the development of
technological disruptions," he said. "We also pay attention to the fact
that in some countries the situation is conducive to the use of nuclear
energy, at least today. In those countries, continued use and even a
slight increase in the production of nuclear energy makes sense, though
perhaps only in the short or medium term."
The leader of the Fair Russia party expressed the opinion that in case
of an accident affecting a large number of countries and humanity as a
whole, it will be necessary to harness a mechanism of international
response.
"This mechanism has not been finalized yet, unfortunately," he said.
"The prerogative of its creation and use must belong to the UN and the
IAEA. There is also the obvious need for serious international monitoring
of nuclear power plants, built in areas that are risky from the geological
point of view."
According to Mironov, "the Socialist International's commission on
sutainable development also made a number of specific constructive
proposals for the interoperability of various countries and international
organizations, led by the UN, in the event of a situation similar to the
one in Japan. In particular, we are talking about the need for a global
fund for prompt and effective international response to global
environmental and technological disasters."
nuclear power plants and eliminating nuclear power altogether are too
simplistic and hasty, the leader of the party Fair Russia, Sergei Mironov,
said at a two-day meeting of the Socialist International, being held in
Vouliagmeni, the seaside suburb of Athens.
Mironov said the tragedy of the Japanese nuclear power plant
Fukushima-1 once again faced humanity with two crucial issues - what is to
be done in the future regarding the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and
how to most effectively respond to international-level, large-scale
natural and technological disasters.
"Opinions on one issue around the world are conflicting and many," he
said. "After the accident at Fukushima-1 prospects for the further use of
nuclear energy, as is known, began to be urgently reviewed, not only in
Germany, which plans to stop using nuclear power altogether by 2020, but
also Italy. It seems that such a solution is too simplistic and hasty."
The politician said that the "nuclear issue" had always been the focus
of the Socialist International.
"The Socialist International's Commission for a Sustainable World
Society in its report From a High Carbon Economy to a Low Carbon Society,
which was presented at the 64th session of the UN General Assembly, warned
about the serious problems of nuclear energy in terms of technical safety
and environmental hazards, if the nuclear energy sector will expand
rapidly without adequate measures to prevent the development of
technological disruptions," he said. "We also pay attention to the fact
that in some countries the situation is conducive to the use of nuclear
energy, at least today. In those countries, continued use and even a
slight increase in the production of nuclear energy makes sense, though
perhaps only in the short or medium term."
The leader of the Fair Russia party expressed the opinion that in case
of an accident affecting a large number of countries and humanity as a
whole, it will be necessary to harness a mechanism of international
response.
"This mechanism has not been finalized yet, unfortunately," he said.
"The prerogative of its creation and use must belong to the UN and the
IAEA. There is also the obvious need for serious international monitoring
of nuclear power plants, built in areas that are risky from the geological
point of view."
According to Mironov, "the Socialist International's commission on
sutainable development also made a number of specific constructive
proposals for the interoperability of various countries and international
organizations, led by the UN, in the event of a situation similar to the
one in Japan. In particular, we are talking about the need for a global
fund for prompt and effective international response to global
environmental and technological disasters."
