PM: nuclear power only alternative to coal, gas

In related news, PM Jan Fischer, has said that nuclear power is the only alternative to coal and gas. Speaking at a meeting of the European Nuclear Energy Forum in Prague on Friday, Mr Fischer said that nuclear power was also the only way of complying with the Czech Republic’s commitments in the field of climate protection. The leader of the caretaker government warned that after 2015, the country may face shortage of power. Mr Fischer also said that the decision whether to build two new blocks at the Czech nuclear power plant in Temelín is for the next government to make.

Several environmental organizations, including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and Sortir du nucleaire left the meeting in Prague in protest; they said that the Czech and Slovak governments only used the venue to present their countries’ nuclear ambitions.