17 Amendments of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2008/0231(CNS)
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure the effective implementation of safety requirements for nuclear installations, Member States should establish regulatory bodies as independent authorities. Regulatory bodiesa single body, ‘the national nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority’ as an independent authority. The national nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority should be provided with adequate competence and resources in order to be able to discharge theirits duties.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The regulatory bodiesnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority charged with the safety of nuclear installations in the Member States should mainly cooperate through the European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management which has developed ten principles for the regulation of nuclear safety. The European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management should contribute to the Community nuclear safety framework with the aim of continuously improving it.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. Thise Directive aims at achieving, maintaining andestablishing a harmonised legislative framework at EU level so as to optimise continuously improving nuclear safety in the Community and to enhance the role of the sure compliance with the internationally regulatory bodiescognised nuclear safety standards to which the European Atomic Energy Community has undertaken to adhere.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 8
Article 2 – point 8
(8) ‘regulatory bodnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority’ means anythe body or bodies authorised by the Member State to grant in that Member State licences and to supervise the siting, design, construction, commissioning, operation or decommissioning of nuclear installations and take the necessary measures in the event of failure to fully guarantee nuclear safety, resulting in a public health and safety risk;
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 9
Article 2 – point 9
(9) ‘licence’ means any authorisation granted by the regulatory bodnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority to the applicant to confer the responsibility for the siting, design, construction, commissioning, operation or decommissioning of nuclear installations; in accordance with the policies of the Member States on whose territory the nuclear plant is situated.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. The prime responsibility for the safety of nuclear installations shall rest with the holder of the license under the control of the regulatory bodnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority. The safety measures and controls to be implemented in athe nuclear installation shall be decided only by the regulatory bodnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority and applied by the licence holder.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – title
Article 4 – title
Regulatory bodies National nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the regulatory bodnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority is effectively independent of all organisations whose task is to promote, operate nuclear installations or justify societal benefits and free from any influence that may affect the safety.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The regulatory bodnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority shall be provided with adequate authority, competence and financial and human resources to fulfil its responsibilities and discharge its duties. It shall supervise and regulate the safety of nuclear installations and ensure the implementation of safety requirements, condition and safety regulations.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The regulatory bodnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority shall grant licenses and monitor their application on siting, design, construction, commissioning, operation or decommissioning of nuclear installations as well as ensuring the transparency of information regarding their safety.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Regulatory bodiesThe national nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority shall ensure that licence holders have at their disposal appropriate staff in terms of numbers and qualifications.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. At least eEvery ten years the regulatory bodnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority shall submit itself and the national regulatory system to an international peer review aimed at continuously improving the regulatory infrastructure.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5
Article 5
Member States shall inform the public and local authorities concerned about the procedures and the results of the surveillance activities on nuclear safety. They shall also ensure that the regulatory bodiesnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority effectively informs the public in the fields of theirits competence. Access to information shall be ensured, in accordance with relevant national and international obligations.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Licence holders shall establish and implement management systems which shall be regularly verified by the regulatory bodnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Nuclear safety assessments, investigations, controls and, where necessary, enforcement actions shall be carried out by the regulatory bodnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority in nuclear installations throughout their lifetime, including during decommissioning.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The regulatory bodnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority shall have the power to withdraw the operating licence in case of serious or repeated safety rules breaches in the nuclear installation.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The regulatory bodnational nuclear safety regulatory and supervisory authority shall have the power to order the suspension of operations of any nuclear plant if it deems that safety is not fully guaranteed.