Swedish minister open to new measures to tackle energy crisis, blames German nuclear phase-out

It should be said that Sweden started down the path of drinking the German fossil fueled Putin funding antinuke Koolaid. Two Swedish reactors at Ringhalls were unnecessarily shut because so called "renewable energy" was supposed to take their place. Sweden has reversed its antinuke policies and now plans additional nuclear power. It consistently provides some of the lowest carbon intensities in Europe, with Southern Sweden heavily reliant on nuclear power, Central and Northern Sweden on hydroelectricity.

Sweden's nuclear policies are discussed here: Nuclear Power in Sweden

Sweden has announced a policy of phasing out fossil fuels "by 2040," which, of course, is half a century too late. It has acknowledged that doing so will require new nuclear infrastructure.

It is notable that the introduction of nuclear power to Sweden was led by the discoverer of nuclear fission, Lise Meitner, who was unjustly denied the Nobel Prize for her discovery. It was instead given instead to the German Otto Hahn, who did nothing to protect her from the Nazis despite working with her for more than three decades, in a scientific sense, as her assistant, instead of the other way around. (She barely escaped Germany with her life.) This one of the great misadventures, one of the greatest injustices, in the history of science. As a compensation, element 109 has been named in her honor, albeit after her death.

I discussed this bit of history over at Daily Kos quite some time ago, before I was banned there for telling the truth: The Deformed Nucleus, Neptunium and the Rain