The Swedish government is now open to a comeback for nuclear power even though the nation has long been at work on a partial shutdown of its remaining nuclear power plants, writes Danish media Berlingske.

At a press conference earlier this week, Swedish Minister of Energy Khashayar Farmanbar said that ”we need all the energy we can get,” the media reports.

”We need more wind energy, solar energy, and we also need nuclear power. We know that nuclear is expensive and takes a long time to set up. But now we’re open to looking at how we can change the rules, so that we once again are able to develop nuclear power in Sweden,” Fermanbar added.

The backdrop is the European energy crisis set off by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has also led the International Energy Agency to call for continued use of nuclear power.

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