Bush
calls for nuclear construction by 2010
AFP
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin
Petroleumworld.com
02 21 06
US President George W. Bush on Monday warned that US dependency
on oil left the country "hostage" to countries that
may be hostile and urged new nuclear plant construction by 2010.
"Some of the nations we rely on for oil have unstable governments,
or fundamental differences with the United States," he said
during a trip here, without naming the countries to which he was
referring.
"These countries know we need their oil and that reduces
influence. It creates a national security issue when we're held
hostage for energy by foreign nations that may not like us,"
said Bush.
Drawing on the examples of France, China, and India, the president
pushed a 1.1 billion dollar program to promote the construction
of new nuclear power plants, something the United States has not
done since the 1970s.
"We ought to start building nuclear power plants again. I
think it makes sense to do so. Technology is such that we can
do so and say to the American people, these are safe -- and they're
important," he said.
AFP
02 20 06
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