Mandate of the Working Group :

• To support a greater harmonisation of safety requirements at EU level for nuclear installations in the EU (notably through the High Level Group).
• To encourage Member States and industry to swiftly implement adequate nuclear waste disposal facilities, in particular deep geological repositories for high level waste.
• To call for sufficient funding for decommissioning and waste management through adequate methods.
• To develop innovative approaches and exchange best practices to ensure adequate training, both qualitatively and quantitatively, for nuclear engineers and technicians, including radioprotection (e.g. possible European post-graduate degrees), and to strengthen the safety culture.
• To support the reinforcement of non-proliferation in the international context through a stronger European position and the strengthening of nuclear security.

Chairman : Dr. Walter Hohlefelder, President of the German Nuclear Forum

The WG decided to establish four subgroups:

• safety (Chairperson: Werner Zaiss, FORATOM)
• waste (Chairperson: Eero Patrakka, EURELECTRIC/POSIVA)
• education and training (Chairperson: Christian Wößner, E.ON)
• non proliferation (Chairperson: Henk Cor Van Der Kwast, NL)

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