Gardian - Sweden scraps ban on nuclear power with plan to replace 10 reactors
The Swedish government plans to reverse a nearly 30-year-old ban on building nuclear power plants, giving the green light to a new generation of reactors.
The centre-right government wants the new reactors to be built to replace the country's 10 existing stations.
The decision reverses a 1980 referendum when the majority of voters backed an end to nuclear expansion and the government pledged to phase out nuclear power plants.
In 2006, Sweden pledged to replace the use of all fossil fuels by 2020, but nuclear was not part of that plan.
