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Wednesday, 27 April, 2011
Former nuclear safety official says Mühleberg plant should be shut down
Thousands of protesters in Switzerland and around the world marked the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl yesterday, demanding the shutdown of aging nuclear power plants. The website of the Swiss German weekly newspaper Wochenzeitung last week published a 47-page dossier sent by anti-nuclear groups questioning the safety of the Mühleberg nuclear plant, in the canton of Bern, and urging the government to close it. WRS’s Dave Goodman talks to Walter Wildi, former head of the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Commission from 2002 to 2007, who also believes the plant should be shut down:
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Banner from anti-nuclear protest over the weekend in Bern suggests the Mühleberg plant should close. (Keystone/Peter Schneider)
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