Brussels, 19/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - Following the opinion from the European Parliament on 23 June, the Council, on Tuesday 19 July, adopted the directive on spent fuel and radioactive waste proposed by the Commission at the start of November 2010. The new directive sets binding standards for managing radioactive waste in the EU, including final repositories for nuclear waste from nuclear power plants, and requires member states to submit detailed programmes on when and how they will build...