Climate change fears spark ‘new nuclear age’

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Environment  Tue, 11/24/2009 - 04:30

Three energy firms are in the running for a $27.8 billion expansion of the Temelin power plant in the Czech Republic.<br /><br />From China to Brazil, 53 plants are now under construction worldwide.Nuclear power — long considered environmentally hazardous — is emerging as perhaps the world's most unlikely weapon against climate change.




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