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Europe Warms to Nuclear Power

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the practically-melting-with-anticipation dept.

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."

4 of 706 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Nuclear Power and Hydrogen - The Way of the Fut by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    And Israel will be left to its own destiny? You anti-semite!!!

  2. Re:Nuclear Power and Hydrogen - The Way of the Fut by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    guess where you get uranium from

  3. No It Was Danm Yankees.... by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...With their Hummer H2s! ...And humidifiers! ...And national reserves! ...And McPackaging! ...And the War in Iraq! ...And with your danm TV shows! *shakes fist*

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    May the Maths Be with you!
  4. Re:get rid of waste by ikea5 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Shooting nuclear torpedo into stone with sea water constantly moving around it, BRILLANT!!!