Nuclear power



In 1985, the Danish Parliament decided that nuclear power should not be a part of Danish energy supply, and since then nuclear power has been excluded from Danish energy plans.  Instead, focus has been on developing and promoting combined heat and power and renewable energy, amongst others, as well as improving energy efficiency. 

The Danish electricity market is closely linked to the northern European electricity market, and many of the countries in the Baltic area have nuclear power, including Sweden, Finland, Germany, Lithuania and Russia. Denmark exchanges electricity with her neighbours every day, and in 2007 three per cent of the electricity used in eastern Denmark was imported from nuclear power stations.

Links regarding nuclear power

General
  1. Nuclear power in general (elmuseet.net.dynamicweb.dk)
    A brief description of the origins and extent of nuclear power. 

  2. From nuclear power to wind turbines (en.cop15.dk)
    Short article on Danish rejection of nuclear power.

  3. Danish imports of electricity from nuclear power stations (www.world-nuclear.org)
    International report on Danish energy supply and imports from abroad.

  4. Nuclear Energy Handbook (www.iaea.org)
    International page with a list of the bodies in Denmark which research into atomic energy, or are involved with the area in some other way.