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Public discussion on nuclear power

Author	Torsten Kälvermark
Date	February 1980
Classification	2.07.0.00/02 (SWEDEN - GENERAL)
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Swedish Public Discussion on Nuclear Power

On March 23, 1980, a nationwide referendum is being held in Sweden on the role 
of nuclear power in the country's future energy supply. Voters may cast their ballot 
for one of three alternatives.

Leaders of the five parties represented in Parliament -- the Social Democrats and 
Communists (often called the socialist bloc) and the Conservatives, Center and
Liberals (the non-socialist or bourgeois bloc, currently in a tripartite coalition 
Cabinet) -- have committed themselves to the following alternatives:

Alternative 1: Supported by the Conservative party, it calls among other things 
for expansion of nuclear power to 12 reactors.

Alternative 2: Supported by the Social Democrats and Liberals, its first page is 
identical with Alternative 1. But on the other side of the ballot paper, Alternative 
2 also states among other things that the government should assume ownership of 
all major energy production facilities in Sweden.

Alternative 3: Backed by the Center party and the Communists, it calls for the 
six reactors now in use to be taken out of operation within 10 years. No uranium 
  mining is to take place in Sweden either, it states.

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