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Al Jazeera
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Joseph Stepansky

No nuclear power ‘renaissance’ as Europe wrestles energy crisis

A general view shows the two cooling towers and reactors of the Electricite de France nuclear power plant in Chooz, France [File: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters]

Nuclear power, and the heavy safety baggage it carries, has long divided European opinion, with individual countries charting vastly divergent paths on the industry’s role in future energy sustainability and security plans.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has again brought the atomic question to the fore, as nations scrambled for short-term solutions before winter sets in, as well as longer-term safeguards, to avoid similar energy upheavals in the years ahead.

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