A group of Swiss politicians is launching a petition in order for the country to reconsider the planned phase-out of the use of nuclear energy. Those involved argue that nuclear power plants must also be maintained for adequate power supply.
Some Swiss politicians would like to keep nuclear energy, so they are initiating a referendum on the issue, wrote the Swiss Sunday newspaper Sonntags Zeitung. According to the argument of those involved, in order to ensure adequate power supply, nuclear energy should (should) be preserved.
A group called Stop Blackouts will start collecting signatures on Tuesday. Five of the six founders are members of parliament of political parties. They wrote on their website: Switzerland is preparing to abandon its previously environmentally and climate-friendly energy production "for no reason". "We cannot do without nuclear power plants," said Vanessa Meury , head of the Stop Blackouts group.
After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Switzerland in 2017, it was decided to gradually close the five facilities operating in the country for safety reasons - thus, in 2019, the Mühlenberg plant, which had been operating for forty-seven years, was already shut down.
In the Alpine country, the constitution can be amended by referendum. A referendum is called when at least 100,000 supporting signatures are collected on an issue within eighteen months. On Tuesday, the Swiss government will also present its ideas on how to deal with possible energy supply shortages caused by the war in Ukraine. It may be worth noting that in July, one of the leading officials of the energy supply sector warned that supply problems could be offset by a four-hour regional shutdown of the network if necessary.
Source: Magyar Hírlap
(Header Image: Image: Getty Images)
