Sarkozy urges global expansion of nuclear energy

AP reports French President says all developing countries should embrace nuclear energy.

“We need nuclear energy” to meet global goals for fighting and slowing climate change, Sarkozy said in opening an international conference in Paris on the future of nuclear power.

He wants France, which is reliant on atomic reactors for a large majority of its electricity, to lead a global nuclear expansion.

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