'Alternative' nuclear energy forum opens in Bratislava

0 Comments | AFP, November, 2007

BRATISLAVA (AFP) — Around 100 politicians, industrialists, producers and experts met in Bratislava Monday for the first European Energy Forum dedicated to reviving nuclear power as an "alternative" energy source.

The meeting comes against a backdrop of declining carbon energy resources and the battle against global warming.

"Nuclear energy is a promising alternative solution, its current revival sends a positive message to the world," Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said as he opened two days of debate under the aegis of the European Commission.

"The decision to close or not to build a new nuclear plant is political decision. It is to be respected, but a majority of European countries have taken another option," emphasised Czech Prime Minister Mirek...