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March 26, 2007

Nuclear 'not the solution' for global warming

"[W]e voice serious concern that nuclear energy is being presented as a solution to climate change... [T]he current debate seeks to downplay the environmental, waste, proliferation, nuclear liability and safety issues and seeks to portray nuclear energy as a clean, safe and problem free response to climate change." This is from a joint statement by the environment ministers from Austria, Iceland, Ireland and Norway, following a meeting in Dublin. The "inherent risks" and problems associated with the nuclear energy option remain, they said and it "can not therefore claim to be a clean alternative to fossil fuel use."