Nuke decommissioning to stop if Swedish government lose election

London (Platts)--15Jun2006

Nuclear decommisssioning will not continue if Sweden's four main opposition
parties win the September election and run a coalition government, they said
in a joint statement yesterday.

The minority Social Democratic government now in power is officially committed
to phasing out nuclear, and has shut down the two 600-MW Barsebaeck reactors.
In a compromise move, the opposition said that it does not support building of
new nuclear now, but would look at the issue toward the end of its four-year
term if elected. The Center Party, which is part of the opposition group, has
traditionally supported a nuclear phase-out, but recently said it was
withdrawing from the agreement on phase-out it supported with the government
and the Left.

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