Euratom Framework programme research and training 1994-1998

By adopting the report by Mr Rolf Linkohr (PSE, D), Parliament endorsed the Commission proposal aimed at increasing the appropriation for the Euratom framework programme of activities in the field of research and training (1994-1998). It called for the amounts earmarked for the framework programme to be shared out as follows: - Nuclear fission safety ECU 536 m; - Controlled thermonuclear fusion: ECU 895 m; - Amount deemed necessary: ECU 1413 m. It also maintained that greater priority should be given to the key topics of: - development of new technologies and designs for the safe long-term storage of radioactive wastes; - scientific cooperation in coping with the delayed effects of nuclear accidents, particularly in the medical sphere; and - research into radiation protection, which should focus on the early events of radiation carcinogenesis and the epidemiological follow-up of cancer induction as a consequence of acute or chronic exposure. Lastly, the EP called on the Commission to set up an 'Energy' working group to formulate a concept with a view to organizing and accomplishing the decommissioning and demolition of inefficient nuclear power-stations in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS countries, in cooperation with the countries concerned. �