Europe Warms to Nuclear Power

FleaPlus writes "The CS Monitor reports that for the first time in 15 years a European nation has started building a nuclear reactor, with six more likely to be built in the next decade. France is also planning to develop a safer and more efficient "fourth generation" reactor by 2020. This is in light of rising fossil fuel prices and a desire to reduce CO2 emissions. Still, a majority of EU citizens are opposed to nuclear energy, primarily for environmental reasons, even though nuclear power releases less radioactive material than burning coal."

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My predictions

[Atario]

This thread will be:

The usual 33% trolls/flamebaiters/incoherents
20% jokes about mutations/glowing green/etc.
17% entreaties to consider some other pet energy technology
11% actual discussion of the article
9% spelling corrections/grammar corrections/questioning of the article classification/general complaints about Slashdot
5% "nuclear energy is evil"/"we're all gonna die", posted non-ironically
2% comparison between energy industry and RIAA/MPAA/Microsoft/etc.
2% insults toward Europe or one of its constituent countries, plus indignant replies
1% genuinely insightful/interesting posts
0.005% meta-posts about what the thread will contain

(May not sum to 100% due to rounding)

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[Anonymous Coward]

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That European country is Finland

[UR30]

Why not say Finland, instead of "a European nation". Did you know that Linux Torvalds is Finnish, and that Nokia is a Finnish company? And that Santa Claus lives http://www.scandinavica.com/culture/tradition/sant a.htm in Finland?