Nuclear power issue back on the agenda

Swedish trade unions and entrepreneurs yesterday called on the nation to consider restarting the country's nuclear programme although in a referendum held in 1980 the majority of Swedish citizens voted to gradually abandon atomic energy. Sweden's most widely read newspaper Dagens Nyheter takes sides with the pro-nuclear camp: "The general impatience for a decision on the nuclear energy issue is justified and understandable. By the year 2020 four of Sweden's ten nuclear reactors will be too old to operate. It takes a lot of time to build new reactors and secure investments. This is why a broad decision across the political spectrum is required. The government alliance has signalled its willingness to reach an agreement, but so far there has not been the slightest sign of it. The nuclear power issue is still dominated by political deadlocks and strategic games."

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