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On air 1700G: Fifa and nuclear energy

Jill McGivering Jill McGivering | 13:14 UK time, Monday, 30 May 2011

FIFA vice-president Jack Warner


FIFA: do you trust FIFA to clean up football?
What a few days it's been for FIFA, the governing body of world football. The head of Asian football, Mohammed bin Hammam and FIFA's vice president Jack Warner
have both been suspended pending investigations into corruption allegations. Both deny wrongdoing.

That leaves the current President, Sepp Blatter, confident of re-election on Wednesday - but it also leaves widespread concerns about FIFA's shattered reputation. And the .

Clearly there's a crisis of credibility... But what comes next? Does FIFA have the political will - or face enough pressure - to reform itself? Or is it time it was scrapped altogether?

Sepp Blatter is expected to address the press in a few hours time - what can he do or say that would make a difference?

Also On Air: Does your country need nuclear power?

German has announced that it's scrapping its nuclear power reactors in eleven years time. That makes it the first industrialised economy to turn its back on nuclear energy.

Earlier, in the 1100G edition, we talked about how realistic that was for Germany.

Now we're keen to move the debate on. Would a non-nuclear energy future be best for your country? Or is nuclear energy the "least worst" option, compared with coal-fired power?

And what about the developing world and energy-hungry economies like India and China? China is prone to earthquakes - but, according to the , it has 14 nuclear power reactors operating and is already building another 25.

Look forward to talking soon.

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