The nuclear power station is operated in a safe, predictable and economical way, and the need for capacity expansion is not a question, she said.

Parties in the leftist Unity alliance criticised the planned upgrade saying that the project would not create more than just a few hundred permanent jobs, while a housing renovation programme as suggested by the Socialists would create 100,000 new jobs.

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