AFP: Sweden reverses decision to phase out nuclear power

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Sweden reverses decision to phase out nuclear power

STOCKHOLM (AFP) — Sweden's government on Thursday reversed a decision to phase out the country's 10 nuclear reactors, saying they could be replaced at the end of their life spans as part of an ambitious new climate programme.

"The phase-out law will be abolished. The ban in the nuclear technology law on new construction will also be abolished," the centre-right government said in a statement.

"Authorisations can be granted to successively replace the existing reactors once they reach the end of their economic life spans," it said, adding however that no state money would be provided for nuclear projects.

The country had planned to wind down its nuclear energy capacity, ending it in about 20 to 30 years' time or when the installations came to the end of their lives.

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