"No more Chernobyl"
"The risks involved in the reprocessing of nuclear waste are enormous. We should therefore investigate other alternatives for disposing of nuclear waste", said the Swedish MP, Jan Lindholm, member of the Nordic Council, at a conference on nuclear waste in Brussels on Wednesday. The conference focused mainly on the controversial British nuclear waste plant Sellafield.
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Sellafield in northern England has been described as the most hazardous industrial area in Europe. Partly because nuclear fuel waste is stored in the area, and partly because reprocessing of nuclear waste takes place there. Jan Lindholm draws parallels between Sellafield and the disaster at Chernobyl in 1986, which not only affected the immediate surroundings but also the Nordic countries thousands of kilometers away.
"In certain areas of the Nordic Region we still have restrictions on the consumption of reindeer meat and milk. My message is that everything possible must be done to reduce the risk associated with nuclear waste from Sellafield. In plain language this means that the amount of waste must be reduced quickly", says Jan Lindholm, a member of the Nordic Council's Environment and Natural Resources Committee.
The Nordic countries have been extremely active in the question of Sellafield, not least within the framework of the Nordic Council, the Nordic inter-parliamentary co-operation. Wednesday's conference in Brussels gathered representatives from the EU, the Nordic countries and Sellafield, as well as environmental organisations, to discuss the question of nuclear waste.
