France's Nuclear waste bill voted out of National Assembly

London (Platts)--16Jun2006

France's waste bill was voted out of the National Assembly June 15, after
much less debate than the government had budgeted and in a version identical
to that passed by the Senate earlier this month. That means it can be
promulgated by the French President within 15 days. The law, called the
"Nuclear Materials and Waste Sustainable Management Program Act," sets
France's nuclear waste policy for the next 15 years and, in particular,
endorses the concept of deep geologic disposal for ultimate wastes, i.e.,
those for which no further use is foreseen. The bill passed by a large
majority, with the majority UMP and UDF groups voting for and the Socialists
abstaining. The Communist group did not vote. Claude Birraux, the assembly's
rapporteur for the waste bill, expressed "great satisfaction" at the way the
parliament and the government had worked together to craft legislation
acceptable to all parties, including provisions added by the legislators for
greater parliamentary control over future waste policy.

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