The 12 nuclear reactors currently operating in Sweden generate approximately half of the country's electricity. This makes Sweden one of the most nuclearised countries in the world. Greenpeace strongly refutes the claim made by the nuclear lobbyists that the progressive closure of the nuclear power stations will result in an economic nightmare. A scientific analysis of the Swedish energy situation by the authoritative Institute for Applied Ecology, which will be released soon by Greenpeace, demonstrates that a complete nuclear phase-out is both technically feasible and economically viable. Phasing out nuclear power is not a technical nor an economic problem, it only depends on the political will of the policy makers.
Nuclear power is obsolete.
Sweden has a huge potential for increasing its energy efficiency, for example by replacing its inefficient electric heating systems by district heating. Moreover, there is an enormous unused potential of renewable energy sources. The sensible decision to start the nuclear phase-out in Sweden is another illustration of the steady decline of a nuclear industry which is uneconomic, dangerous, polluting and uperfluous.