Lehtomäki says Finland needs nuclear to cope with climate goals
Paula Lehtomäki (centre), Finland’s new environment minister, said Saturday that Finland might find it very difficult if not impossible to reach energy and environment policy goals without building another high-output nuclear power station.
Speaking at the Finnish Broadcasting Company’s Launtaiseura programme, Ms Lehtomäki added, though, that her personal approach to the construction of further nuclear capacity was reserved.
Ms Lehtomäki underlined that although nuclear power was viewed as a zero-carbon form of energy generation, there were a number of other problems, starting from the extraction of uranium and ending in the disposal of radioactive waste.
“It is by no means a trouble-free form of energy generation from the point of view of the environment, even though it does not produce climate gas emissions,” Ms Lehtomäki said.
Finland´s fifth nuclear power station is being built in Olkiluoto.
STT