The decision by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to back nuclear power will provide a boost to the global nuclear industry as it starts to recover from the 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Russia.
However, environmentalists claimed it was still too dangerous to consider.
Nuclear power seen by some as a weapon in the fight against global warming as it emits no carbon gases and energy security issues are expected to dominate the agenda at the G8 summit of industrialised nations in Russia this weekend.
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