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DW | Germany shuts down its last nuclear power stations
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Asia expands its nuclear capacity
Nevertheless, China, Russia and India in particular are all planning to build new nuclear power plants. China, where there is virtually no civil society to fight new projects, wants to build another 47 plants. China already produces more nuclear power than France.

It is often argued that expanding nuclear power production protects the climate because it emits hardly any carbon dioxide. Even Japan wants to return to more nuclear power, despite the 2001 earthquake that caused several nuclear reactors to rupture in succession, forcing the initial closure of several nuclear power plants.

Since then, however, some reactors have been brought back online. Now the Japanese government has decided: The resource-poor country wants to build new reactors and let its old ones run for up to 70 years.
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TASS | Germany throws its weight behind demands to add Russian nuclear power to next EU sanctions, 15 Apr
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"Nuclear technology is a very sensitive sphere where Russia can no longer be considered a reliable partner," Habeck said. To him, Russia has been using dependence on its energy to exert pressure. "In this connection, the German government has just told the European Commission that it is necessary to include [Russia's] civil nuclear sector. This should be part of another sanctions package," the German minister claimed.
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auswaertiges-amt.de | Visit to Asia: China, South Korea, and the G7 meeting in Japan, 12 Apr Baerbock
by Cat on Mon Apr 17th, 2023 at 11:54:20 PM EST
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