Analysis: Nuclear power: Too hot to handle

Major analysis feature. As countries from the UK to China rush to review their atomic energy programmes, the Fukushima failures in Japan, March 2011, threaten the industry with another long freeze, write Ed Crooks and Sylvia Pfeifer.

PressEurop, 24.3.11: Against Monbiot – against nuclear love http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/567631-against-monbiot-against-nuclear-love

ESO: Background information: Japan nuclear disaster sparks heated EU debate http://www.europeansources.info/record/japan-nuclear-disaster-sparks-heated-eu-debate/

EurActiv, 21.3.11: Calls to shut down 'Europe's Fukushima' http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/calls-shut-europe-fukushima-news-503259

EUObserver, 27.3.11: Latvian president criticses nuclear fear-mongering http://euobserver.com/9/32073

ESO: Background information: Merkel attacked over nuclear stance http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-attacked-over-nuclear-stance/

PressEurop, 16.3.11: Tiptoeing away from nuclear power http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/558031-tiptoeing-away-nuclear-power

ESO: Background information: Britain tells the rest of Europe not to rush to nuclear judgment http://www.europeansources.info/record/britain-tells-the-rest-of-europe-not-to-rush-to-nuclear-judgment/

ESO: Background information: France's government defends its stake in nuclear energy http://www.europeansources.info/record/frances-government-defends-its-stake-in-nuclear-energy/

The Guardian, 22.3.11: Fukushima, the best ad for atomic power (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/564301-fukushima-best-ad-atomic-power

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