Nuclear Power, Climate Policy and Sustainability

For many years Austria has followed a policy of exit from nuclear power. In the population and across all political parties there is wide-spread consensus that nuclear power is too risky an energy technology and that the use of nuclear energy burdens future generations irresponsibly with nuclear waste. Meantime climate change has made the need to reduce green house gas emissions apparent. The foreseeable end of cheap oil and – somewhat later – of gas also requires a rethinking of energy policies. Consequently I am frequently confronted with the question whether in the light of these devel opments a policy critical of nuclear energy was still legitimate, whether nuclear energy was not the lesser evil.

Herausgeber:

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management

Ausgabejahr:

2007

Ausgabeort:

Vienna

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Kategorie:

Nuklear / Strahlenschutz

Seitenanzahl:

300