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To: Brumar89 who wrote (191237)	7/8/2006 5:16:40 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Isn't the "German" Green position anti-nuclear power? Yup Message 21793094 ========== Germany shuts down nuclear plant Germany plans to increase use of alternative energy sources Germany has shut down its oldest nuclear reactor as part of the country's plan to phase out nuclear power by 2020. The 36-year-old 340-megawatt plant in the southwestern town of Obrigheim was turned off at 0758 (0558 GMT), said energy firm EnBW. It is the second of Germany's 19 reactors to be closed down. ...Reuters says the Biblis A nuclear reactor, which has been used since 1975, will be the next one to close in February 2007 news.bbc.co.uk ============== Doubts over 'clean' nuke power July 04, 2005 From: AAP NUCLEAR power generates more damaging greenhouse gas emissions than gas-fired power, an Australian scientist says. As federal and state politicians debate the merits of starting down the nuclear power path to help reduce Australia's contribution to global warming, scientists say it may not be so clean after all. University of NSW Institute of Environmental Studies senior lecturer Dr Mark Diesendorf says nuclear power stations do not emit carbon dioxide (CO2) themselves, but the processes involved in creating nuclear energy do. Message 21474232