The European Union has decided to classify nuclear in the category of transitional energies. Atte Harjannes, President of the Greens in the Finnish Parliament, explains to the world On Sunday why this is a good thing.
The European Union decided at the end of December to adopt a new taxonomy, which labels nuclear and natural gas, under certain conditions linked to the transition, such as “Sustainable energies”. the World on sunday asked to the president of the parliamentary group of the Greens in Finland why his party has changed its mind on nuclear power and supports the European decision.
Atte Harjannes explains the “Tipping” of the Green League, which has “Waived” in 2020 to its anti-nuclear position by relying on “la science” :
We must use all sustainable technologies to get rid of fossil fuels. ”
While the journalist for the Sunday edition of The world points out to him that nuclear waste “Will pollute Europe for centuries”, the Finnish ecologist answers: “Of course [l’énergie nucléaire] is durable. The amount of waste is very small compared to the enormous amount of neutral energy in CO2 produced by a nuclear power plant. This waste can be safely stored, unlike the greenhouse gases emitted by a coal or gas power plant. ”
Germany is far from sharing this opinion. Conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to phase out nuclear power following the Fukushima accident. The country closed three new nuclear power plants on December 31. By the end of 2022, the last three reactors in Germany will be shut down.
According to Atte Harjannes, the Finnish Greens have “A past a little different from that of the German Greens and other priorities”, the first consisting of “Achieve carbon neutrality” from 2035. “If the integration of nuclear energy gets us there faster, the end justifies that means.” Thanks to nuclear power, Finland will then be able to tackle “To the next objective in 2035: to become negative in terms of CO2”.
Attacks Harjannes, if he judges that the new European taxonomy is “A compromise”, notes that“It is right that nuclear energy is classified in this way”, but criticizes the decision on natural gas: “What is absurd is that it includes a fossil fuel, natural gas.” To the journalist who asks him if Germany, which “Beaten so that gas is included in the taxonomy”, do “Wrong way”, Atte Harjannes responds “Yes”. And adds: “Germany has of course the right to bet on gas, but it is making itself dependent on imports.”
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