Arhinmäki has called for no new nuclear power licenses to be granted.
Arhinmäki received news of the explosion at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan during a meeting of Left Alliance delegates.
“The Japanese nuclear plant accident has shown that nuclear power still carries with it the risk of a catastrophic accident,” he declared.
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