Austria rejects EU subsidy proposal for nuclear power

English.news.cn   2012-04-13        

          

VIENNA, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Austrian Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich has rejected the subsidizing proposal by four European Union (EU) countries for the use of nuclear energy.

Germany had decided to prolong the
life of its nuclear power plants

"Those who have not yet, after the Fukushima and Chernobyl nuclear disaster, recognized that nuclear power plants are ticking time bombs is ignorant and dangerous to the public," the minister said in a press release on Friday.

According to a report published on the latest issue of "Sueddeutschen Zeitung" newspaper, Britain, France, Poland and the Czech Republic had requested the EU to subsidize the use of nuclear energy, a similar subsidy as it already exists for renewable energy.

"The use of taxpayer funds for the construction of nuclear power plants is for me to invest in a dead energy and is excluded," said Berlakovich, calling for more investment in renewable energy instead of the "losing business".

The minister also hoped that the claim of Britain, France, Poland and the Czech Republic would remain a minority position within the EU.

He said in a letter to the EU energy commission that discussion on this issue wouldn't need to even start.

Editor: C_Luan

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