Transcript Jan Haverkamp

nuclear
transparency
a view
from the field
Ir. Jan Haverkamp
Greenpeace
EU policy advisor dirty energy
[email protected]
Recognising that, in the
field of the environment,
improved access to
information and public
participation in decision—
making enhance the quality
and the implementation of
decisions, contribute to
public awareness of
environmental issues,
give the public the
opportunity to express its
concerns and enable public
authorities to take due
account of such concerns,
Access to Information
- public interest
- form and language
- Aarhus vs Euratom
Public Participation
- right to be heard early
- independence comp. auth.
- role of EIA hearings
Access to Justice
- data needed for EIA
- affordability access Justice
- automatic suspension
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Temelín inspection report 15/2001
1-4-5
1-1-5
• Faulty welding in 1993
• Weld 1-4-5
• Other reports do not
address 1-4-5!
• June 2009 – access still
refused
• 'not existing'
• 'not finished'
• 'lacking signatures'
PUBLIC
INTEREST
“I request to receive
this document in the
following form:
- in the English
language”
Article 1
a EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY (EURATOM)
Article 44
The Commission may, with the consent of the Member States,
persons and undertakings concerned, publish any investment
projects communicated to it.
COMMISSION REGULATION (Euratom) No 1209/2000
(OJ L 138, 9.6.2000, p. 12)
Article 4b
1. The Commission shall, with the consent of the Member States,
persons and undertakings concerned, publish any investment
projects communicated to it as well as the recommendations issued
pursuant to this Regulation.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
MOCHOVCE
3,4
1. NO EIA because 1986
construction permit valid
2. voluntary Env. Impact
Study
3. EIA according to the
law... but before operation
license
part 2
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
JUSTIFICATION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS
• comparison with
alternatives
• sufficient data
• compartimentalisation:
mining / fuel / NPP /
decomm. /waste
• role of accidents
WITHOUT DATA NO
JUSTIFICATION!
AFFORDABILITY
of access to justice
- court costs
- chance on
compensation claims
SUSPENSION
during court procedures
- Lithuania
- Slovakia
??
thank you