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Jack Quinn

Spain Doubles Down On Plan To End Nuclear Power By 2035; PM Sánchez Bets On Renewables

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is intensifying Spain's efforts to source its energy grid from solar and wind sources, formally ditching nuclear power. (Credit: Reuters / SUSANA VERA)

Spain will shutter all of its remaining nuclear power plants by 2035, the government confirmed on Wednesday, as part of its aggressive energy plan for the future.

The Council of Ministers of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez approved a measure establishing national nuclear waste management policy, paving the way for the decommissioning and dismantling processes to officially begin in 2027. The seven currently operational reactors will be decommissioned in successive order.

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