Germany Reconsidering Closure of Last Three Nuclear Facilities in Wake of Energy Crisis |
 https://www.daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-08-01T144414Z_748077182_RC2MNV9KHFJG_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-GERMANY-ENERGY-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https://www.daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-08-01T144414Z_748077182_RC2MNV9KHFJG_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-GERMANY-ENERGY-768x529.jpg 768w, https://www.daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-08-01T144414Z_748077182_RC2MNV9KHFJG_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-GERMANY-ENERGY-1536x1058.jpg 1536w, https://www.daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-08-01T144414Z_748077182_RC2MNV9KHFJG_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-GERMANY-ENERGY-2048x1411.jpg 2048w, https://www.daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-08-01T144414Z_748077182_RC2MNV9KHFJG_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-GERMANY-ENERGY-600x413.jpg 600w, https://www.daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-08-01T144414Z_748077182_RC2MNV9KHFJG_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-GERMANY-ENERGY-450x310.jpg 450w" alt="" width="400" height="auto" />Wall Street Journal: Germany plans to postpone the closure of the country’s last three nuclear power plants as it braces for a possible shortage of energy this winter after Russia throttled gas supplies to the country, said German government officials. While temporary, the move would mark the first departure from a policy initiated in the early 2000s to phase out nuclear energy in Germany and which had over time become enshrined in political consensus. The decision has yet to be formally adopted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s cabinet and would likely require a vote in Parliament (Wall Street Journal). Daily Caller: The three nuclear plants are expected to be kept operating until Dec. 31 as Germany faces a shortage of natural gas that is being exacerbated by Russian cutoffs and because the plants pose no danger to the public, the WSJ reported. “The reactors are safe until Dec. 31, and obviously they will remain safe also after Dec. 31,” a senior German official said. A spokeswoman for the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection denied the reports about the decision to keep the plants open in a Tuesday press release (Daily Caller). |
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