CHILE: Desperate For Energy, Pinera Considers Nukes... In An Earthquake Prone Land.

G.POST/ P.BONNEFAY /

   Chile has been pondering nuclear energy since 2007. But now it seems more likely than ever.
BONNEFAY: "...A foreign company is considering building Chile’s first nuclear power plant. The Chilean people were the last to know.
    The January announcement by the French energy company GDF Suez caused ripples of concern. For one, the country hasn’t decided yet whether it wants nuclear energy. And second, the idea of nuclear energy frightens many in a country that was hit hard by an 8.8 earthquake just one year ago."
   President Sebastian Pinera now says: “Chile has to prepare itself for the world of nuclear energy.”