Question 23014 — energy and fuels

Summary

Ms Émilie Cariou questions the Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition on the control of the financial obligations of nuclear operators. The management of radioactive waste and materials, according to the polluter pays principle, is based on the responsibility of producers who must assume the cost. Operators (EDF, Orano, CEA) must therefore establish accounting provisions to be able to meet their future expenses, some of which must also be secured by the constitution of dedicated assets. As the Court of Auditors recalls in its report “The end of the nuclear fuel cycle” of July 2019, the State is ultimately responsible for radioactive substances. The objective pursued is therefore to prevent or limit the transfer of burdens to future generations, but also to the community. The attention of legislator is therefore important on these questions since the financial power of the State and therefore of its taxpayers is ultimately at stake. In this same report, the Court of Auditors underlines that “the controls of the public authority must be deepened in order to better assess the data produced by the operators and the decisions they take on their basis” (Court of Auditors, Public thematic report on the downstream of the cycle of nuclear fuel, July 2019). Therefore, she wishes to question her so that she can inform her of the way in which her ministry intends to implement this recommendation in order to better anticipate and control the financial responsibility of waste producers in financing their management.

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