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Court withdraws nuclear plant licence [View all]
March 07, 2012
Court withdraws nuclear plant licence
The Mühleberg atomic plant near Bern will lose its operating licence at the end of June 2013 on security grounds, the Federal Administrative Court has ruled.
The court upheld a complaint by local opponents of the plant against the indefinite extension of the plant's licence by the environment ministry, granted at the end of 2009.
The 1972 plant, one of the oldest in Switzerland, is run by BKW Energy. Last September it was restarted after three months of annual checks and safety improvements.
Before the court’s ruling, Mühleberg's licence was open-ended as long as it met national nuclear safety requirements.
All Swiss ...
Court withdraws nuclear plant licence
The Mühleberg atomic plant near Bern will lose its operating licence at the end of June 2013 on security grounds, the Federal Administrative Court has ruled.
The court upheld a complaint by local opponents of the plant against the indefinite extension of the plant's licence by the environment ministry, granted at the end of 2009.
The 1972 plant, one of the oldest in Switzerland, is run by BKW Energy. Last September it was restarted after three months of annual checks and safety improvements.
Before the court’s ruling, Mühleberg's licence was open-ended as long as it met national nuclear safety requirements.
All Swiss ...
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multimedia/picture_of_the_day/Court_withdraws_nuclear_plant_licence.html?cid=32250392
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