[ RadSafe ] Germany urged on nuclear energy

[Sandy Perle]

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Germany urged on nuclear energy 
Energy Alberta says no deal in place for power from proposed NPP
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Germany urged on nuclear energy 

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday urged Germany to follow 
France's example of relying on nuclear power for much of its energy 
needs. 

"I would like France and Germany to have similar ambitions" in terms 
of energy policy, Sarkozy said after informal talks with German 
Chancellor Angela Merkel at a castle in Meseberg north of Berlin. 

He said he was speaking of "renewable" energy sources such as wind 
generators as well as nuclear power, which meets nearly 80 percent of 
France's energy needs. 

Germany, under its previous conservative government, has promised to 
phase out nuclear energy gradually and mothball the last of its 17 
reactors by about 2020. 

Greenpeace expressed alarm at Sarkozy's attempt to overturn that 
pledge, and said the French leader would do better to follow 
Germany's example. 

He "promotes nuclear energy as the way of the future and minimises 
the potential of renewable energy by mocking Germany's energy model," 
the environmental lobby group complained in a statement. 

"The exaggerated place of nuclear energy in France's energy mix 
continues to prove an obstacle to developing renewable sources," it 
said. 
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Energy Alberta says no deal in place for power from proposed nuclear 
plant

(CP) Sept 10 - A company that's planning to build Western Canada's 
first nuclear power plant says the project will go ahead even without 
a guaranteed customer for the electricity.

Energy Alberta Corporation announced two weeks ago that it plans to 
build a $6.2-billion, 2,200-megawatt Candu twin reactor near Peace 
River, Alta.

The company suggested at the time that it had an unidentified 
industrial client that would take upwards of 70 per cent of the power 
generated by the plant.

Energy Alberta spokesman Guy Huntingford says while that is not the 
case, the company has been and will continue to negotiate with 
several interested parties.

Huntingford says the plant will go ahead if it receives regulatory 
approval and if it's successful in raising the $6 billion in 
necessary investment.

He says there is no plan to sell any electricity from the proposed 
plant to the U.S., but a good portion could be made available to 
Alberta's power grid.

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