John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

In response to the last question, no report has been received by me on the matter. As soon as I receive one, I will issue a response.

On the question of groups which have met, I met colleagues representing the non-nuclear states in Vienna. I hope another meeting will be planned shortly. It is important that the non-nuclear states combine because they are all threatened in various ways from their neighbouring states in Europe which have nuclear facilities. It is essential that the planned development of nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom proceed according to the highest possible safety standards. Moreover, it is to be expected that nuclear safety regulations will subject new reactor designs to robust scrutiny and that safety issues will be the subject of dialogue between industry and the regulators aimed at ensuring the complete safety of designs that might be approved. I note that concerns were raised about the reactor designs under consideration for approval in the United Kingdom. This will be one of the issues that will be raised tomorrow at the aforementioned meeting.

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