The French Power company plans to forge ahead with new plants in the UK.
- French power Giant EDF still plans to build new Nuclear reactors in the UK.
- The company’s boss Vincent de Rivaz says that lessons had to be learnt but, following years of debate, the new reactors “have to go ahead”.
- Because of the Nuclear Crisis in japan some countries are reviewing nuclear strategies.
- Emergency plans and back up systems have been reviewed at EDF’s existing plants in the UK.
- China has suspended plans for new nuclear power stations in light of the disaster in japan.
- Germany is shutting down seven of its oldest reactors.
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that the country to showing a measured exit from Nuclear Power.
- A report commissioned by the UK government will be published in May, showing the lessons to be learnt from the Japanese Crisis.
- Green peace wants all new nuclear sites to be suspended until the report is published.
- The boss of EDF says lessons from Japan needed to be put into practise in new plants but that the circumstances in both countries were very different.
- "Nuclear is not a single solution [to the UK's energy needs], but there is no solution without nuclear," he concluded.
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