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Technical summary on the implementation of comprehensive risk and safety assessments of nuclear power plants in the European Union

Technical summary on the implementation of comprehensive risk and safety assessments of nuclear power plants in the European Union

This technical summary on the implementation of comprehensive risk and safety assessments of nuclear power plants in the EU says that European NPPs have generally high safety standards but further improvements are needed in all of them.

On 4 October 2012, the European Commission released the Communication on the results of the stress tests. This document highlights that European nuclear power plants have generally high safety standards but further improvements are needed in almost all of them. This is the technical summary on the implementation of comprehensive risk and safety assessments of nuclear power plants in the European Union.

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