Immediately after the accident in the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan on March 11, 2011, the European Union decided to reassess the level of nuclear safety in all nuclear power plants in the EU. This was the first time that:
- A common methodology was developed;
- All nuclear power plants in the EU were assessed at the same time and;
- Multinational teams assessed nuclear power plants.
This was done in close cooperation with ENSREG, the group of national safety authorities of all 27 Member States.
The article answers the following questions:
- What did the stress tests check?
- What were the main findings of the stress tests?
- Have safety features of nuclear power plants already been improved?
- When will the improvements be completed?
- How much will all this cost? And where will the money come from?
- Will EU propose new legislation? And When?
- How many nuclear power plants were included in the stress tests and where are they located?
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