TALLINN - Twenty-six individuals connected to Letipea village in Estonia's West Viru County and a private company owning multiple properties in the village filed a complaint with the Tallinn Administrative Court on June 25, challenging the government's decision to initiate a national designated spatial plan and environmental impact assessment for a nuclear power plant, Postimees reports.
The complainants are seeking a ruling declaring the government's May directive unlawful. In their view, launching the special planning process for the nuclear plant was a rushed and legally questionable move, essentially a concession to pressure from the company Fermi Energia.
In summary, the complainants argue that the decision was made without the legally required regulatory and institutional framework for the use of nuclear energy, violates their constitutional rights to property and security, and ignores the national security requirements of the Planning Act.
They emphasize that building a nuclear power plant affects the entire country and is such a serious and far-reaching decision that it must not be made hastily. The state's current approach -- "act first, legislate later" -- undermines the rule of law and could endanger both the complainants' and the broader public's safety.
The complaint was prepared by the law firm Küllike Namm.
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