Illustrative nuclear programme

12.7.2012

Question for written answer E-006966/2012
to the Commission
Rule 117
Alejo Vidal-Quadras (PPE) , Konrad Szymański (ECR) , Herbert Reul (PPE) and Giles Chichester (ECR)

Under Article 40 of the Euratom Treaty, ‘the Commission shall periodically publish illustrative programmes indicating in particular nuclear energy production targets and all the types of investment required for their attainment’. The last such document was published in 2008.

• —In view of the ongoing discussion on the Energy Roadmap 2050, including on the important role nuclear energy will play in helping to achieve EU decarbonisation targets, does the Commission agree that it would be timely to publish a new Illustrative Programme for Nuclear Energy (PINC)?
• —Can the Commission reassure us that the next PINC will be focused on investment issues, as well as on jobs and growth, and not subsumed into the separate debate about safety standards?

OJ C 219 E, 31/07/2013