Il partito verde svedese si muove per far cadere la sua opposizione all’energia nucleare

Swedish Green Party: Nuclear Power Doesn’t Need Immediate Decommissioning

The Swedish Green Party no longer insists on the immediate decommissioning of nuclear power and does not oppose the construction of new reactors. These are some of the proposals included in the Green Party’s new platform.

“We must prioritize the climate transition,” says Party Secretary Katrin Wissing.

On Monday, the Green Party sent a proposal for a revised party platform to its members. The current platform dates back to 2013, and the party leadership believes it needs to be updated.

“The world has changed since then. Additionally, nearly half of our members have joined since 2013,” says Katrin Wissing.

A significant change is the party’s updated stance on nuclear power. The current platform demands the immediate initiation of nuclear decommissioning and opposes building new reactors. These positions have been removed from the newly proposed platform.

“This has been a topic of discussion within the party. Primarily, it’s about how electrification is central to the broader climate transition. The climate transition is what we must prioritize,” says Katrin Wissing.

She emphasizes that the party has already taken steps in this direction. At the 2023 party congress, a decision was made that nuclear power should not be phased out too quickly. Additionally, during the 2016 energy agreement, the Green Party accepted that new reactors could be built if done on market-based terms.

However, according to Katrin Wissing, the likelihood of new reactors being built is slim.

“It’s quite clear that there’s no real interest in building new nuclear power plants under those conditions.

“Nuclear power is very expensive to construct, and it takes a long time. We can’t wait for new electricity; we need it here and now,” she says, calling instead for investments in other energy sources such as wind and solar power.

The new language in the party platform also highlights the risks associated with nuclear power:

“Nuclear power carries significant risks and produces hazardous waste for which no acceptable solution currently exists. Building new nuclear power plants would be more expensive than renewable alternatives and take too long given the urgent reductions in fossil emissions needed,” the proposed platform states.

It also reaffirms that the Green Party’s top priority is fossil-free energy and its goal of achieving a fully renewable energy system.

Another area where the Green Party wants to introduce changes is in ensuring a just climate transition. The party has faced criticism for disregarding how the climate transition impacts people’s daily lives and now wants to present a different vision for its goals.

“We need to consider the varying conditions across the country to find the right solutions in the right places. It’s clear that we need to focus on ensuring the transition is just. We must bring people along on this journey so we can achieve it,” says Katrin Wissing.

The proposal for the new party platform will be discussed in the spring and decided upon at the Green Party congress in October.

I mean keeping the current ones active is understandable. Constructing new ones is madness, I mean look at France: nuclear energy is expensive, it takes ages to construct new nuclear reactors, the fuel rods come from Russia (so we are making ourselves dependent on the Russians…again.) and nobody wants to have radioactive trash being buried next to one’s house or close to the groundwater.

We’ve lost so much time due to these morons

About bloody time