The Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said yesterday in an interview with newspaper Sydvenskan that he can se himself promoting new nuclear reactors in Sweden after 2010. The current agreement within the coalition running Sweden is not to discuss new reactors until next election in 2010.
He points out that several countries worrying about climate change have decided to build new nuclear power plants, and he does not rule out that Sweden will do the same. "The idea in Sweden was that nuclear power would be a temporary solution. The reactors were considered to have limited lifetime, which has proved to be wrong." The majority of Swedish reactors are now preparing for an operating life of 60 years. Looking at the construction of the new EPR in Finland and the discussion of new reactors in the Baltic states, he believes nuclear power will play a role in reducing dependence on coal and oil, as well as greenhouse gas emissions, in the Nordic and Baltic region.
In a poll connected to the article answered by 5000 readers, 82% supported new build in Sweden.
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