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The Commission of the EEC has circulated final proposals for the next multiannual research programme of the Joint Research Centre. These now await ratification from the Council of Ministers. Chris Sherwell reports
After three and a half years of study, the Swedish Commission on Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste recently produced its final report. Wendy Barnaby sent this view from Stockholm.