Mai 2011 / Reuters

EU divided over nuclear plants’ resistance to attack

By Pete Harrison

BRUSSELS | Wed May 11, 2011 7:49am EDT

(Reuters) - Europe’s nuclear safety tests should be strengthened to include man-made crises, such as terrorist attacks or airplane crashes, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Wednesday.

European leaders agreed in March to subject Europe’s 143 reactors to "stress tests," to guard against disasters such as the one at Japan’s stricken Fukushima plant.

But since then, a dispute has broken out between EU energy (…)

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