Germany and Switzerland took the disaster as a cue to
announce phaseouts of their entire nuclear sectors, and a referendum in Italy put the brakes on Silvio Berlusconi's plans to revive nuclear power in that country.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and members of her cabinet
announced the phaseout plans yesterday.
Chile joined the ranks of nearly two dozen countries that have
announced a phaseout or a moratorium of coal generation, pledging not to continue building coal - fired power plants unless they are equipped with
Not exact matches
«That demands a speedy switch to the
phaseout pathway, especially regarding conversion of coal into electricity,» Barbara Hendricks, the German Environment Minister, said by e-mail before the deal was
announced on Saturday.