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The nuclear renaissance comes as a reaction to EU climate change and energy security fears (Photo: Wikipedia)

Nuclear energy fuels hot debate among MEPs

MEPs have called on EU leaders to review the union's atomic treaty, Euratom, with many claiming the European Parliament must be given power to oversee the sensitive area, and others hoping to halt what they see as a nuclear renaissance in the bloc.

The moves are being debated as European legislators are set to vote today (10 May) on a report assessing the 50-year-old Euratom treaty, which paved the way to European nuclear cooperation.

The draft report, prepared by Lithuanian MEP E...

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The nuclear renaissance comes as a reaction to EU climate change and energy security fears (Photo: Wikipedia)

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