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dcterms:Date	"2006-04-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Twenty years after Chernobyl: Lessons for the future (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20060426.9.3-035"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-26-Speech-3-0362
lpv:speaker	lp:Jonas Sjöstedt2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-09-26)3 unknown; Vänsterpartiet (2004-07-20--2006-09-26)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-21--2006-09-26)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2006-09-26)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2006-09-26)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2006-09-26)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2006-09-26)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2006-09-26)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, twenty years have passed since the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. Even today, 20 years after the event, we can see the appalling consequences. We can see these consequences in the form of the illnesses and disablement of thousands of people. We can see them in the form of enormous areas of land that are uninhabitable and that will be so for many generations to come. Even in my own little corner of Europe, in the north of Sweden, the radioactive fallout had an impact over many years through the contamination of the natural world that it caused. The Chernobyl disaster is the worst nuclear accident that we have had, but we must not forget that it is not the only one. Do not forget Three Mile Island and all the other near-accidents that have occurred in the history of the nuclear industry. Nuclear power is not safe. Over the last 20 years there have been very few new nuclear reactors built in Europe. This means that we have a lot of aged reactors that continue to be in full operation. Aged reactors are dangerous reactors. It is time to plan seriously to decommission these older nuclear reactors. The Chernobyl disaster is a reminder of the risks of nuclear power. To this should be added the fact that the issue of nuclear waste has still not been resolved. We are today producing nuclear waste that we still do not know how we are to store. We are leaving it up to future generations. Nuclear power has also proved to be a very expensive source of energy. This does not just mean that production costs are high but also that there are very high costs for dealing with retired reactors and the waste that is produced. Last but not least, nuclear power is a finite resource. The fuel will run out one day. We are currently on the brink of an enormous change–over of energy sources. It is absolutely imperative that we phase out our dependence on oil and fossil fuels. The primary reason for this is not the price of oil but the greenhouse effect. It would be a fateful mistake to replace dependence on oil with a new and even greater dependence on nuclear power. Instead of this, we have before us a unique opportunity to develop durable, renewable ‘green alternatives’. We also need to dramatically reduce our dependence on energy. This is the conviction of the majority of the left in Europe. The EU must, however, play its part in all of this. More of the EU’s research money needs, then, to be spent on sources of renewable energy, and less on research into nuclear power, and the current EURATOM Treaty, which has been outdated for a number of years, needs to be repealed. Only when we have abolished nuclear power will the risks of new Chernobyl disasters be done away with."@en1
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