Nuclear crisis casts shadow on worldwide industry

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    Explosions and potential meltdowns at Japan's damaged nuclear plants are casting a long cloud over the entire industry, putting a chill on everything from power utilities in Europe to uranium mines in northern Canada. As engineers and technicians struggle to cool the radioactive cores of three reactors at a power plant north of Tokyo, Switzerland has frozen plans for new plants. Austria's Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich told reporters in Brussels. "Europe has to wake up from its Sleeping Beauty slumber" about nuclear safety. He suggested an EU-wide safety test for nuclear plants when the continent's nuclear safety authorities meet Tuesday to assess Europe's preparedness in case of a nuclear emergency. Switzerland has ordered a freeze on new plants or replacements "until safety standards have been carefully reviewed and adapted if necessary.

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