Brussels, 08/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Council's recent adoption of conclusions on nuclear safety and the management of irradiated fuel and radioactive waste seems to have sounded the death knell (temporarily at least) to any advance at EU level on nuclear safety. The Council's conclusions make no bones about it, stating that national responsibility for the safety of nuclear plants is the basic principle on which the international community bases itself when developing regulations on...