Sweden to build new nuclear reactors

Sweden to build new nuclear reactors
Stockholm, Sweden (UPI) Jun 18, 2010
In a significant policy change, Swedish parliamentarians this week reversed a 30-year-old ban on building new nuclear reactors. The Riksdag voted 174-172 in favor of a bill proposed by the government that would see Sweden replacing its existing 10 reactors with new ones within the next few decades. The reactors, which supply half of the country's electricity, under a plan from 1 ... read more