In the process of a progressive nuclear phase out, reactors and other nuclear facilities posing greater risks must be shut down immediately, i.e. all nuclear reactors and other nuclear installations in seismic regions or coastal areas with significant risk for rising sea level or a possibility for tsunamis, all reactors without secondary or full pressure containment, all nuclear boiling water reactors (BWR) with a single cooling system and storage of spent fuel outside of the containment and all nuclear installations built before 1980 ...[+++];

1. Expresses its serious preoccupation about the danger of a new nuclear arms race; recalls the statement on 30 April 2007 by the then UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (addressing the preparatory committee for the 2010 NPT review conference) that there is ‘a persisting crisis of confidence in the treaty’ evidenced by the ‘disappointing outcome’ of the 2005 NPT review conference; stresses, therefore, that strengthening the NPT as the cornerstone of the global non-proliferation regime is of vital importance and that every effort should thus be made to implement the treaty in all its aspects; affirms that for multilateral efforts to be e ...[+++]ffective they must be pursued within a well developed vision of achieving a nuclear-weapon-free world at the earliest possible date;

In short, if a nuclear power program is chosen, renewable and energy-efficient options, which would appear far less risky and probably more cost-effective, are likely to be neglected.

The joint resolution is absolutely right in highlighting the considerable nuclear risks which the dozens of scrapped nuclear submarines of the Russian northern fleet constitute.