An article out in Germany talks about growing interest in developing nuclear power in Europe. According to the article, Germany and even Sweden are talking about restarting nuclear power development. Apparently previous agreements to cease and desist are now considered old fashioned:
Sweden announced last week that it was revoking a 1980 referendum decision to phase out nuclear power. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and the leaders of the three other parties in the coalition described the deal as “historic.”
The European Union gets nearly 30% of its electricity from nuclear plants. It has 147 active nuclear power plants. They have 2 under construction with 20 proposed plants.
Isn’t nuclear so, what’s the phrase, 1970’s? I thought nuclear was anti green, anti new world order. Why the sudden interest in nuclear?
With gas and oil prices rocketing and fears about global warming growing, however, nuclear power seems to be experiencing a global renaissance.
Funny thing, we’ve got all the same issues and concerns. The one advantage we do have is that we have more coal than anywhere else in the world, but that’s bad too.
I’ve looked through the entire stimulus bill and can find no reference to nuclear energy in it. That’s kind of odd considering that President Obama continues to tout all of the green jobs that will be created.
Europe’s decided that being anti nuclear is “historic.” Looks like contrary to all of Obama’s talk about leading we’re just going to be plain old history.
With gas and oil prices rocketing and fears about global warming growing, however, nuclear power seems to be experiencing a global renaissance
FAR more important than “prices” is SUPPLY. Russia has already cut off the gas once, and could do it again.
So could a few well-informed terrorists.
Funny thing, we’ve got all the same issues and concerns.
No, I dont’ think we do. The anti-nuclear sentiment in America has its roots in the “don’t litter” environmental roots of the 1960s and 70s. I don’t recall that global warming and greenhouse gas emissions were making news headlines then. I for one am very glad to see the resurgence of nuclear power return to the forefront of discussion. I would very much like to see us invest money in the construction of new plants immediately.
Also –really? No mention of nuclear in the stimulus bill? I haven’t even attempted to read the bills that have passed the house and senate, but I have seen/heard a few news references to funding nuclear power in the stimulus bill. Did everything get removed?
The only “nuclear” reference in the Senate version (which just passed) is a single $1 billion item for “weapons activities”. There is no reference in the version that passed the House.