Swiss nuclear plants to remain on grid - SWI swissinfo.ch
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Swiss voters have thrown out a proposal to close the country’s five nuclear power plants after 45 years in operation.
The Green Party initiative was rejected by 54.2% of the vote, according to final results.
Only six of the country’s 26 cantons, mainly in French-speaking Switzerland, came out in favour of the phase out.
Vote results (swissinfo.ch)
November 27
Vote results: Nuclear power initiative
Switzerland’s nuclear power plants will not be forced to close after 45 years. A Green Party initiative is rejected.
in depth: Vote November 27, 2016
Despite the defeat, Regula Rytz, president of the Green Party, welcomed Sunday’s result.
“The high number of yes votes confirmed that citizens wanted to opt out of nuclear power in the long run,” she said.
The leftwing Social Democrats said the nuclear era was coming to an end, while the environmental organisation Greenpeace described the result as a “slap on the wrist” of the nuclear power industry.
