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France’s Sarkozy to tout nuclear power safety at G8

Reuters) 27 May 11– Leaders of the Group of Eight want more stringent international rules on nuclear safety following the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima plant, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday….

“We all wish to get a very high standard of regulation on nuclear safety, that will apply to all countries involved in civilian nuclear energy and which will take safety to the highest levels ever,” Sarkozy told reporters at the summit in the northern French seaside resort of Deauville.

Sarkozy said there was no alternative to nuclear power and insisted that safety, not cost, had to drive projects……G8 leaders want tougher nuclear safety rule | Reuters

May 27, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general