La setmana passada el Grup dels Verds/ALE van acollir al parlament Europeu la presentació d’un nou estudi independent relatiu a l’estatus de la industria nuclear. Es tracta d’una versió preliminar del The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010-11. La versió final està previst que sigui presentada avui pel Worldwatch Institute, a Washington.

En essència, l’estudi deixa clar que la industria nuclear es trobava ja en clar declivi, fins i tot molt abans de l’accident de Fukushima.

Un cop més reivindico el clam que molta gent portem anys fent per tal que la UE adopti una estratègia energètica basada en l’abandonament de la nuclear. En aqeust sentit, faig meves les paraules de la co-presidenta del Grup Verds/ALE, Rebecca Harms, qui a la presenteació de l’estudi esmentat deia el següent:

"This report makes clear that the world nuclear industry is in far poorer shape than its aggressive PR campaign would lead you to believe. Even before Fukushima and the renewed nuclear safety concerns provoked by the accident, the decline of the nuclear industry was evident. If one good thing can come from the nuclear accident in Japan, it is that we have now reached the final chapter for nuclear power.

"With many of the existing nuclear plants reaching the end of their lifespan, and rethinks on nuclear in a number of countries since Fukushima (most recently yesterday in Italy), we can expect the share of nuclear power to decline more noticeably in the coming years."

Així mateix, un altre col·lega del Grup, en Bas Eickhout va afegir:

"25 years on from Chernobyl, we are starting to witness a decline in the output of nuclear power, while, on the other hand, renewable energy is booming, with renewable energy capacity ahead of nuclear power in terms of installed capacity for the first time in 2010. Concerns about nuclear safety clearly remain as relevant today as they were 25 years ago. What has changed is that we now have a completely viable, safe and sustainable alternative for power generation, namely renewable energy. All that is lacking is the political will to finally ensure a safe and sustainable energy future for Europe and beyond."

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