The Liberal Alliance proposes to introduce nuclear power in Denmark using so-called SMR reactors – small modular nuclear power plants – and build two plants, one near Aarhus and one near Kalundborg, at a total cost of up to 55 billion DKK. The money will be taken from the state fund that is otherwise allocated for three offshore wind farms in the North Sea. This is reported by Jyllands-Posten.
However, the proposal makes Climate Minister Lars Aagaard (M) shake his head. He calls the plan “completely wrong” and accuses the Liberal Alliance of “stabbling the Danes in the back.” According to the minister, neither the economy, the schedule nor the handling of the radioactive waste are under control.
- There is no international experience with building SMR reactors yet. The nuclear power industry has a long track record of promising schedules and an economy that does not hold up. This is extremely uncertain, says Lars Aagaard, who is the Minister for Climate.
He also points out that the Liberal Alliance's plan rests on unresolved questions about waste management, financing and decommissioning when the plants are to be taken out of operation. According to Aagaard, the party is also short of half the money, and the funds that have been found will go to existing green projects. He rejects that the government is hesitating to act, and emphasizes that work on offshore wind and other forms of energy is already underway.
The Liberal Alliance's climate spokesman, Steffen Frølund, rejects the criticism and says that the party works within the same support framework as the government.
The government has commissioned an analysis of whether nuclear power even makes sense in the Danish context.
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