Nuclear power ‘not ruled out’ but no appetite for it - Ryan

Mr Ryan said he had not seen as much enthusiasm for nuclear power in recent times. File picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has “not ruled out” the possibility of nuclear power being utilised during the transition to more efficient energy, but said there is no appetite for it at the moment.

Mr Ryan, Minister for the Environment and Climate, was asked during an Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) event on the European Green New Deal if modular nuclear reactors were on the agenda for the Government.