The Group of Eight (G-8) energy ministers' meeting in Detroit, USA, on May 3-4 embraced nuclear power. Ministers from the US, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain, Russia and Canada met behind closed doors to finalise recommendations for member nations on energy security, sustainability and alternative fuel technologies.

The ministers failed once again to adopt a sustainable energy roadmap that a G-8 task force prepared last year. The task force report had exhorted member nations to invest in developing renewables domestically and in the developing world.

But the ministers changed tack at Detroit. "Countries can improve their ability to respond to changing energy supply conditions through a mix of energy sources and types,' said a communiqu