Germany’s Nuclear Phase-Out Causes no Supply Security Concerns, but Indicates Need for Region-Wide Cooperation

Germany’s Nuclear Phase-Out Causes no Supply Security Concerns, but Indicates Need for Region-Wide Cooperation / Christian von Hirschhausen, EU energy policy blog, 7/06/2011

Reacting to the Fukushima nuclear disaster the German government has decided to phase out nuclear power in Germany. The seven oldest of the 17 reactors that were temporarily shutdown in a 3-months “moratorium” will not be restarted again but closed down for good. The remaining 10 reactors will be run down within the next decade according to a predefined timetable that leaves no place for reopening the debate. It is one of the peculiarities of history that the center-right government of Chancellor Mrs. Merkel is thus implementing a decision taken under the social democratic-green coalition a decade ago that it had try to reverse only six months ago…


Vous aimerez aussi...

Laisser un commentaire

Votre adresse e-mail ne sera pas publiée. Les champs obligatoires sont indiqués avec *

Ce site utilise Akismet pour réduire les indésirables. En savoir plus sur comment les données de vos commentaires sont utilisées.

Rechercher dans OpenEdition Search

Vous allez être redirigé vers OpenEdition Search