EU safety directive may raise costs: lawyer

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The European Union's revised nuclear safety directive, which officially came into force on August 14, could have "cost implications" for contractors in the nuclear industry, according to a sector lawyer. William Wilson, a barrister at the Burges Salmon law firm in Bristol, England, said in an interview August 20 that while the directive would "not be a bolt from the blue" for contractors and subcontractors in the sector, it would add more layers and processes to their work, which could have cost implications. "It is not trivial," Wilson said.