No change to nuclear plans

19th March 2011

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Poland said it would push ahead with its plans for a nuclear future despite the calamity engulfing the Japanese atomic energy sector.

As Japanese engineers battled to bring the stricken Fukushima plant under control, Prime Minister Donald Tusk reaffirmed the government’s commitment to generating electricity from the atom.

“I urge people to approach this issue with sound reasoning. Yes we are tormented by emotions when we see the dramatic pictures from Japan but I do not want these dramatic emotions... to disrupt our sound reasoning,” he said.

Pawel Gras, the government spokesman, also reiterated Poland’s commitment to the nuclear cause.

“A nuclear energy program is indi ...

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