EU WASTE PIECE
June 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNNOBODY likes nuclear waste but nobody has yet thought up a universally-acceptable way of disposing of it. This is as true in Europe as anywhere else. It may be fair to say, however, that some European countries have gone further than the rest of the world in drawing conclusions about the future of nuclear energy as a result of the problems caused by radioactive waste. Some EU countries have decided in recent years to phase out nuclear energy altogether and to de-commission existing plants. Others have said they will build no new ones. Only Finland ...
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