Nuclear energy in Europe

A series of features on the subject of the future of nuclear energy in Europe:

+Calls to expand the use of nuclear energy as a means of avoiding dependence on oil and gas supplies from abroad and a price dictatorship are growing louder in Europe. What do the advocates of nuclear power plants want?

+Leaks at French reactors, unsafe final disposal of radioactive waste, the danger of terrorist attacks: For all these reasons nuclear power is a controversial issue. What arguments does Europe have against uranium?

+First came the dust, then the silence – fifty years ago radioactive waste exploded in the Russian nuclear plant Mayak. The victims are still fighting for recognition today.

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