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BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - The European Commission said it held the first meeting of the new High Level Group (HLG) on nuclear safety and waste management today.The group is composed of senior officials from national regulatory or nuclear safety authorities. The commission said it should develop common understanding that will help identify priority safety issues, as well as advise the commission in progressively developing European rules regarding the safety of nuclear installations and the safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste.The commission established the group on July 17 this year.'It is up to each member state to decide whether to have nuclear power or not. But the question of nuclear safety and waste management concerns everybody. The High Level Group, with experts from all member states, will be essential in helping us achieve our common goals in this field,' energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs said in a statement.The commission said the participants discussed the group's working methods and purpose.The members will develop more detailed proposals at the next meeting. In principle the group will convene several times a year to discuss and follow up the agreed work programme.Expert groups might be established next year to provide technical support for the realisation of the work programme, the commission said.nina.chestney@thomson.comnc/rfwCOPYRIGHTCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.
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