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What it is

Bill to make Spain's Nuclear Safety Council more transparent and its fines tougher

Admitted step 2 of 7 · Unfinished

It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 3 January 2012. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario de IU, ICV-EUiA, CHA: La Izquierda Plural.

Official title: Private member's bill reforming Law 15/1980, of April 22, creating the Nuclear Safety Council.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000030· updated 11 Nov

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

  1. The bill would give citizens new rights before the Nuclear Safety Council: access to its records and documents, requests to investigate failures at nuclear facilities, proposals for new rules, and the ability to appeal its decisions. The Council would have to answer and notify always with reasons.
  2. Protection for workers who report safety failures would be extended. It would also cover workers at facilities not regulated by nuclear energy law but that could unintentionally release ionizing radiation. Employers who retaliate against them would be sanctioned, and an online complaint procedure and a unit to handle complaints would be created.
  3. The Council's Advisory Committee would include representatives of the parliamentary groups of the Congress of Deputies, and would find it easier to access the Council's information. Its recommendations would not be binding.
  4. In the sanctioning regime, the procedure for classifying the severity of offenses would be cleaned up, removing references to figures outside the legal system. Offenses would be classified as very serious, serious, and minor, with definitions of serious danger and serious damage.
  5. Fines for very serious offenses at nuclear power plants could rise to twice the economic benefit obtained, if the offense resulted from an omission or a willful act aimed at obtaining that benefit.
  6. The Council could issue warnings and coercive fines as an alternative to opening disciplinary proceedings for minor offenses, and could suspend or revoke the licenses of workers who fail to report safety deficiencies they detect.

Who it affects

  • Citizens: Would gain new rights of access to information and petitions before the Nuclear Safety Council.
  • Workers at nuclear, radioactive, and related facilities: Would have stronger protection when reporting safety failures, without retaliation.
  • Owners of nuclear and radioactive facilities: Could face higher fines and measures such as suspension of authorizations.
  • Nuclear Safety Council: Would take on new transparency obligations and gain more enforcement tools.
  • Congress of Deputies: Its parliamentary groups would have a representative on the Council's Advisory Committee.

Words worth knowing

Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN)
The public body that oversees nuclear safety and radiation protection in Spain.
Protección radiológica
Radiation protection: measures to protect people and the environment from radiation.
Multas coercitivas
Coercive fines: repeated fines used to force someone to stop a prohibited action or comply with a requirement.
Acto alevoso
A willful act, done with malicious intent or in an especially callous way.
Proposición de ley
A bill introduced by a parliamentary group that still needs to be debated and passed by the Congress.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries

Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.

  1. Introduced3 January 2012Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted11 January 2012The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
  4. Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 6 official steps on a timeline
Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 201411. 3 January 2012: Presentación22. 11 January 2012: Boletín Oficial de las Cortes Generales Publicación desde 11/01/2012 hasta 13/01/201233. 11 January 2012: Calificación44. 13 January 2012: Gobierno Contestación desde 13/01/2012 hasta 07/03/201255. 7 March 2012: Pleno Toma en consideración desde 07/03/2012 hasta 27/10/201566. 27 October 2015: Concluido - (Caducado) desde 27/10/2015 hasta 20/11/2015

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.

It has not been presented again yet.

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Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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