October 8, 2007 (LPAC)--In Switzerland, an user and also an exporter of nuclear energy-produced electricity to Italy, plans for new nuclear plants are being drafted to fill an expected electricity gap. The head of Atel, the power construction firm based in Aare-Tessin, said in an interview with the Neue Zuericher Zeitung, that "there is no Plan B" alternative to nuclear energy.

Two new plants are necessary in Switzerland, says Giovanni Leonardi, reporting that there are already negotiations among Swiss producers to build a consortium. A new plant, based on existing technology, costs 5 billion Swiss francs, and the two required ones should be built on an existing site, in order to exploit existing infrastructure, Leonardi said.

In 2030, the country's projected electricity gap will be equivalent to the amount necessary to provide a city with 600,000 inhabitants.