RE: German Federation of Industry on Nuclear Closure Plan: Commen

["Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj@aecl.ca>]

> Bradshaw, Keith[SMTP:Keith.Bradshaw@nnc.co.uk] wrote on Friday June 16,
> 2000 7:16 AM
> > 
> 	I suspect they'll end up importing nuclear-generated electricity
>from France, like us in the UK.
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Answer :

NOT IF FRANCE'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER Dominique Voynet HAS HER WAY... 
read on :

>From: 	john hughes[SMTP:jsong123@yahoo.com]
> Reply To: 	Ans-pie
> Sent: 	Wednesday June 21, 2000 11:39 AM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list ans-pie
> Subject: 	French environment minister
> 
> French environment minister foresees abandoning
> nuclear power 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------
> BERLIN, June 19 (AFP) -
> France is perfectly capable of abandoning nuclear
> power as Germany is on the point of agreeing to do,
> France's Environment Minister Dominique Voynet told
> reporters Monday during a visit to Berlin. 
> 
> Such a move would be as viable from the industrial
> side was it would be for consumers, she added. 
> 
> "We can very well get out of the nuclear sector
> without having to go back into the age of candles,
> without sacrifice for the industrialists and without
> job losses," said Voynet. 
> 
> The government had looked at a scenario by which
> France would abandon nuclear power by 2020 or 2021,
> she said. 
> 
> The scenario allowed for a comfortable exit from
> nuclear power in a way that society could accept, with
> living standards maintained, she added. 
> 
> Leaders of Germany's junior coalition partners, the
> ecologist Greens, said Monday they were confident
> their party would approve the centre-left government's
> deal with the energy sector to phase out nuclear
> energy. 
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Comment : 
The Czechs, Slovaks, Hungarians, Romanians, etc. would no doubt all welcome
(increased) electricity export contracts with western Europe - some are
actually counting on it.
By the looks of it, power from the new Temelin and Mochovce NPPs has
excellent market potential.
Maybe EU countries will even wind up financing completion of additional
Cernavoda units.
...just trying to look at the bright side. 
Jaro

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