30/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - EU no longer a haven for investment. “Europe is not the Eldorado for new nuclear investment. It is not only the costs but (also) the uncertainty. Fukushima has certainly caused uncertainty”, the European Commission's nuclear energy director, Peter Faross, said in an industry debate on 27 June. “The EU's aims for a single energy market are to some degree a double-edged sword. You can still take unilateral decisions in energy … the decision of one country has tremendous implications for other countries”, he said, referring to the decision by Germany to end the use of nuclear energy and of Italy not to return to it. “The best way to combat EU divisions on energy is to make decisions on the basis of the best available technology. It doesn't matter where the (nuclear) technology comes from, or whether it's generation III or generation III+, we have to keep the door open for the future and that means generation IV (reactors) and fighting for financing when it is not all assured”, he said. (E.H./transl.rt)