Climate minister accused of ‘exceeding her powers’ by announcing need for 10 new reactors
The Swedish government has quietly walked back an announcement that it would build at least 10 nuclear reactors by 2040 as part of its plan to ditch fossil fuels.
Romina Pourmokhtari, Sweden’s climate and environment minister, announced earlier this month that Sweden needed to double electricity production in the next two decades in order to meet its climate goals.
An accompanying statement said that “Sweden will need three times as much nuclear power in 20 years”.
But the statement was quickly taken down from the government website and replaced with one that makes no mention of the ten new reactors.