{"id":10204,"date":"2024-09-05T19:25:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T19:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/europe-faces-tough-decisions-over-nuclear-power\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T19:25:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T19:25:33","slug":"europe-faces-tough-decisions-over-nuclear-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/europe-faces-tough-decisions-over-nuclear-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe faces tough decisions over nuclear power"},"content":{"rendered":"


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At Leibstadt, Switzerland’s largest and youngest nuclear power plant, half of the uranium supply currently comes from Russia. There, as elsewhere, there’s a scramble to source more uranium from outside the Russian sphere of influence.<\/p>\n

The backdrop to this is that the Russian occupation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility<\/a> is raising fresh fears about the weaponisation of nuclear science. <\/p>\n

Fabian L\u00fcscher, who heads the nuclear energy section at the Swiss Energy Foundation (SES), says that Europe’s ageing nuclear fleet is not adapted to deal with contemporary terrorist attacks and cyberattacks. “You even have to think of those very unlikely possibilities when planning risky infrastructure,” Mr L\u00fcscher argues.<\/p>\n

And then, of course, there’s the problem of nuclear waste.<\/p>\n

Ang\u00e9lique Huguin is part of a group of activists affiliated with the anti-nuclear movement Sortir du nucl\u00e9aire, who have taken up residence near the Cig\u00e9o nuclear research laboratory in northeastern France.<\/p>\n

The activists share a home in the charming commune of Bure, amidst stone houses with bright blue shutters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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