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Europe Won’t Buy Into Nuclear Power Until Waste Problem Is Solved

Europe Won’t Buy Into Nuclear Power Until Waste Problem Is Solved THE BUSINESS INSIDER Jay Yarow|Mar. 31, 2009, The renaissance of the nuclear power industry appears to be in a holding pattern. The two big problems: Lack of funding for the expensive construction of the reactors, and public skepticism about nuclear waste.

EE News attended a two-day nuclear energy conference last week and reported that Ute Blohm-Hieber, head of nuclear energy and waste management at the European Commission, agreed that waste is the “Achilles’ heel of the nuclear industry.” What’s interesting is that the news org didn’t have any word from the conference of workable solutions to the problem.

Europe Won’t Buy Into Nuclear Power Until Waste Problem Is Solved

April 1, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, EUROPE | antinuclear, nuclear, radioactive