Cordula Meyer
Cordula Meyer is a correspondent in Washington DC for the German weekly Der Spiegel.
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Electricity
Is the nuclear industry in meltdown?
21 October 2009Der Spiegel Hamburg
Cordula Meyer is a correspondent in Washington DC for the German weekly Der Spiegel.
Politicians and electric company executives the world over are dreaming of a “nuclear renaissance”. But a spate of hitches at Olkiluoto 3, the new flagship reactor in Finland, go to show that this is not on the cards, believes Der Spiegel, which also doubts that modernising old nuclear power stations is a viable alternative.