Switzerland says considering nuclear shutdown

Switzerland says considering nuclear shutdown
Vienna (AFP) April 11, 2011 - Switzerland is considering abandoning nuclear power, President Micheline Calmy-Rey said Monday following talks with her Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer in Vienna. "We are examining several scenarios, including exit scenarios," she said, without elaborating. Fischer, whose country renounced nuclear energy in a referendum in 1978, welcomed the news, saying Switzerland "would do anything ... more

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