The European Union is on the verge of entering the new nuclear age
According to the report of the international group of the Tasnim news agency, the newspaper “Kronen Zeitung” of Austria in an article discussed the increasing efforts of Europe to expand its nuclear energy in view of the recent developments and wrote: The nuclear powers of the world have already committed to the international nuclear energy summit in Brussels in the spring. were about to launch a full nuclear attack. The scary thing is that there are currently more than 400 reactors operating around the world to generate electricity. The coalition said in a joint statement: We are committed to fully exploiting the potential of nuclear energy.
In this statement, it was emphasized that electricity from nuclear power plants is necessary to reduce climate-damaging CO2 emissions. The leaders of France, Holland and Poland and high-ranking representatives from America, China and Japan were present in this meeting.
This article continues: Since then, there has been more or less open and overt propaganda not only to build new reactors, but also to extend the life of existing nuclear power plants (also in Europe). These powers also advocated the rapid deployment of newer, smaller reactors. In addition, international financial institutions such as the World Bank are slowly entering this nuclear boat!
In this situation, financial institutions active at the global level are specifically asked to provide more support in this field. The hidden charge of the lobbyists is that alternative energy sources have so far been favored by development banks.
At the World Climate Conference at the end of last year, about 20 countries announced that they would triple their nuclear power generation capacity by 2050. Meanwhile, France is increasingly becoming a nuclear powerhouse – 56 of Europe's 100 nuclear power plants, some of which are very dilapidated and therefore dangerous, are scattered across the country.
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, 415 reactors worldwide produce electricity. According to the lobby organization WNA, the United States is the world's largest producer, followed by China and France.
“Atomic Napoleon” Emmanuel Macron has a greater appetite for radioactivity. Construction of 14 or more new nuclear facilities is under consideration in this country. In addition, based on the decisions taken, the life of the existing power plants should be increased.
But in France's neighboring country, Belgium, in response to a possible energy shortage due to the war in Ukraine, the country's nuclear phase-out plan was postponed until 2035.
In the meantime, only Spain still adheres to withdrawing from nuclear energy. Poland also plans to restart a nuclear power program, and the Czech Republic is planning to build new nuclear power plants.
In the meantime, Alexander Egget, head of the Vienna Greenpeace Organization in Europe, said with a warning: We are as shocked as we are angry and we are resisting wherever we can. He once again warns about the high risks of this approach and reminds us of the devastating nuclear disasters in Chernobyl and Fukushima. Egate also stresses that the costs can never be met without very high government subsidies. He emphasized: “A nuclear power plant will never be economical.”
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, has added to the fire of discussions with her request for the expansion of nuclear energy. “When it comes to independent energy, we have to produce our own energy,” the European official said at the Globesec security conference in Prague. This requires more energy production from renewable sources as well as nuclear power and greater efficiency.
Von der Leyen in particular used Russia's war against Ukraine as an argument for his demand. This is where the scary danger becomes apparent, as some of the reactors are directly under fire and could cause a disaster.
Of course, this German official left open the issue of whether he also considers it appropriate to return to the use of nuclear energy in Germany. In his country (Germany), the last nuclear power plants were decommissioned in April 2023.
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