Swedish nuke phase-out timetable 'beside the point': minister

Stockholm (Platts)--8Feb2006

A timetable for a Swedish nuclear phase-out is "completely beside the
point," Minister for Sustainable Development Mona Sahlin said Tuesday after a
visit to the interim storage facility for spent fuel. There was no point
setting a timetable for plants to shut down because it dependend on when
replacements were ready.

     Sahlin told local journalists in Oskarshamn, where the facility is
located, that nuclear would be phased out at the same pace that alternate
generation is available.

     The Swedish government is officially committed to shutting down the
country's ten operating reactors and eventually replacing them with renewable
generation.

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