SWEDEN’s people have got what they asked for, only to find they don’t want it any more. On Monday, the Barsebäck 2 nuclear reactor was officially closed, honouring a 1980 referendum that backed the phase-out of nuclear power.
Since then, concern over global warming and the need to cut carbon emissions has made many people look on nuclear as not such a bad option after all. By December 2003, only 10 per cent of Swedes still wanted to get rid of all nuclear stations.
But the Swedish government is convinced it has chosen the correct path. It says Barsebäck…
