EFN - clean nuclear energy (fwd)

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>]

	The following may be of interest to RADSAFERS. Some may want to
join EFN, a pro-nuclear organization, mostly in Europe, with many
thousands of members.

Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245
Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 23:36:58 +0000
From: EFN <EFN@ecolo.org>
To: Environmentalists For Nuclear Energy - efn <EFN@ecolo.org>
Subject: EFN - clean nuclear energy

Dear friends of clean nuclear energy,

Europe needs to build at least 85 new nuclear power stations
over the next 20 years if it wants to meet its carbon dioxide emissions
targets, according to a soon-to-be-released European Commission (EC)
report that had been kept confidential up to now. The EC energy and
transport directorate has now decided to release the report to
'stimulate debate'. The report, compiled by a UK-based consultancy,
concludes it is 'highly unlikely' that new nuclear stations will gain
public acceptance in Europe but that without them legally binding
emissions targets will be hard to maintain. (Guardian, 10 April, p12) In
a two-day meeting in Japan, environment ministers from the G7 countries
plus Russia failed to agree on a deadline for ratifying the Kyoto
Protocol but said that for most countries, ratifying the 1997 protocol
'as soon as possible' would, in practice, mean no later than 2002.

(Source : International Herald Tribune, 10 April, p5)

France's national carbon dioxide emissions dropped slightly
in 1999 thanks to increases in nuclear and hydro generation. Nuclear's
394.3 TWh represented a share of 75.3% of electricity production. Total
CO2 emissions, at 108.5 million tonnes, were 0.7% down on 1998, although
1998 had seen an 'exceptional' 5.4% increase over 1997. Although
electricity sector emissions were down, emissions from transport
increased and 1999 emissions were still 4 million tonnes above the 1990
benchmark level.

Source : NucNet News, 141/00, 7 April; see also UI News Briefing 99.15-4




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