Finland’s Green Party decided, in a vote held at the party’s national congress last weekend, to support nuclear energy in the name of combating global warming.
The party, which is part of the coalition that currently governs the country and has 20 representatives in the Finnish Parliament, says it is the first green party in the world to abandon anti-nuclear activism.
The defense of nuclear energy will be included in the party’s program. “Most of the pro-nuclear energy suggestions to the new party platform were accepted by a large majority, while all anti-nuclear suggestions were blocked. I’m so proud. This is historic!” Tea Törmänen, a member of the Green Party of Finland, wrote on Twitter.
A research institute linked to the legend justified in a statement that more than 80% of global energy consumption still comes from fossil fuels and that climate change will only be stopped with the help of nuclear energy, “which has one of the smallest carbon footprints of all sources of electricity per unit of energy produced”.
“Many of those opposed to nuclear energy originally formed their position as a reaction against the indifference to risks in the Soviet Union and, in particular, against the subsequent Chernobyl accident. That’s understandable. However, there were no accidents at power plants built after 1980 and, statistically speaking, nuclear power is actually the safest form of energy,” the institute added.
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