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US: No objection to Egyptian
nuclear program
AFP
Tuesday October 30, 2007
The White House on Monday said it had little information about
Egypt's plans to relaunch its nuclear power program but declared
itself "generally supportive" of civilian atomic power.
"I don't know a lot about it. In general, we are supportive
of countries pursuing civil nuclear energy. It's clean burning.
It provides electricity in a clean-burning and affordable way
for citizens," said spokeswoman Dana Perino.
"We are working with some countries in order to help them
get there. But in regards to the Egyptian program, that report
just came across. I don't know any more specifics about it,"
Perino told reporters.
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She was speaking shortly after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
said that Egypt planned to build several nuclear power stations,
relaunching a nuclear program frozen more than 20 years ago.
Egypt initiated a nuclear energy programme in the 1970s but abandoned
it in 1986 after the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe. Mubarak's
regime recently outlined plans to revive it.
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