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Future of nuclear power in Europe – a murky outlook

CEE nuclear power: deeper in doubt Ft.com October 16, 2012 by Jan Cienski  Nuclear power has long held the possibility of energy independence for central Europe, freeing it from its heavy reliance on imports of Russian natural gas. But a series of political and corporate decision across the region in the last few days leaves the future of atomic power murkier than ever.
Starting in the north, Lithuania’s parliamentary elections and a parallel non-binding referendum on nuclear power appear to have thrown a spanner into the country’s hopes of weaning itself off Russian gas by building a regional nuclear power station. Two-thirds of voters rejected the power plant, putting its future in doubt.
The country’s previous, Soviet-era nuclear power plant was shut down in 2009 for safety reasons, one of the conditions for Lithuania’s entry to the EU in 2004.
….. Further doubts were sown on Friday when Donald Tusk, Poland’s premier, relaunched his troubled administration with a speech to parliament in which he spelled out his government’s economic priorities. He detailed 60bn zlotys ($19bn) in investment plans for
energy, but was conspicuously silent on nuclear….. http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/10/16/nuclear-power-in-cee-deeper-in-doubt/#axzz29a1N2hLA

October 17, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, EUROPE