Dilute and disperse

摘要

In late 2008 the European Commission (EC) published "Commission Proposal for a Council Directive (Euratom) setting up a Community framework for nuclear safety." This innocuously-titled draft legislation is the latest version of longstanding attempts by the commission to introduce legislation on nuclear safety in the European Union (EU).rnNuclear power has a different relationship to the European institutions than that of the other energy sectors; in fact the relationship is quite unlike any other industrial activity due to the existence and rules of the Euratom Treaty. As one of the founding treaties of what is now termed the EU, the Euratom Treaty was designed to support the development of nuclear power, citing it as 'an essential resource.'