EU to Support New Nuclear While Forcing Shut Down of Current Capacity

The European Commission is open to increasing the use of nuclear energy as a way for member states to cut carbon emissions and avoid volatile energy prices, French newspaper Les Echos reported on Tuesday.

The paper said it had obtained a draft text of the EU Commission's new plan to create a common energy policy for the 25 nation bloc which it is due to publish on January 10.

The draft report dedicates one page to nuclear energy, Les Echos said, adding that the draft also called on separating the tasks of energy producers and distributors.

Meanwhile, Bulgaria is still being forced to shut down a pair of perfectly good reactors. Ruth Sponsler has some thoughts.

Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power, Energy, Environment, Electricity, Politics, EU, Bulgaria

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Anonymous said…

Greetings and Happy New Year,

To be precise, seven reactors were permanently closed in the EU on December 31, 2006. I think that now stands as the record for closures on the same day.

Added to the decommissioning list are:

Bohunice V-1, unit 1, in Slovakia

Dungeness A, units 1 and 2 in the UK

Sizewell A, units 1 and 2 in the UK.

Kozloduy 3 and 4 in Bulgaria (though technically not in the EU)

Gunter, NIRS

January 4, 2007 at 5:39 PM

Stewart Peterson said…

And how many will now die from respiratory diseases caused by the coal burners used to replace them?

January 6, 2007 at 10:23 PM

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