What is the Social-democratic view on nuclear power plants?

Question

What is the Social-democratic view on nuclear power plants in different countries? In which countries?

Answer 1

I think that the opinions of the centre-left on nuclear power has changed to a large extent over the past couple of years, as the increasing urgency of taking action on global warming has become more and more apparent.

The position a couple of years ago was one of almost complete opposition to nuclear power, but now I think there is a rather grudging acceptance that nuclear power (at least in the short to medium term) must play a major role as a viable alternative to fossil fuels.

That is at least the case in the UK - different countries have different sets of circumstances which need to be considered.

Even many in the Green movement these days (including myself) accept that nuclear power must neccessarily have a role to play if the worst consquences of global warming are to be prevented in the not so distant future.

Answer 2

I don't think there is one view as social-democracy is not ideologically cohesive to that extent.