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15 year extension for German nuclear plants
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 29 - 08 - 2010


Chancellor Angela Merkel called Sunday for
Germany's nuclear power plants to be given an extension of 10 to
15 years past their current legal shutoff date in about 2022.
The options of shutting down, continuing with or extending the
life of the country's reactors has proved a hot political issue,
dividing the last three government coalitions in Berlin, according to dpa.
Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) came to power last year
promising to allow up to 17 power reactors a longer lease of life.
But her government has not yet settled the duration or the price.
Speaking to an ARD public television interviewer, Merkel said, "On
technical grounds, 10 to 15 years is reasonable."
She referred to a report by independent consultants which is due
to be published in the coming week.
Members of her party have raised doubts in recent weeks about
whether an extension makes sense, since Germany's anti-nuclear
movement has vowed to oppose it.
Merkel added, "I nevertheless have to consider as head of
government how we integrate safety as the overriding principle of
nuclear energy."
She revealed she would only order an extension in a form that did
not require the consent of Germany's upper house of parliament, the
Bundesrat. The CDU does not have a majority in the chamber, which is
appointed by the 16 German state governments.
Quoting from the experts, she said, "As regards certainty of
supply, the price of electricity and achievement of emissions
targets, nuclear energy is desirable as an interim technology."
Germany currently has 17 nuclear power reactors clustered at 12
sites, but some have been out of commission for repair for years.
Under legislation passed by a previous German government of Social
Democrats and Greens, nuclear power is supposed to be phased out
after each reactor has produced its remaining quota of electricity.
That would mean final closure in about 2022, experts forecast.
The CDU says it will build no new plants, but wants to run the
existing plants longer until renewable energy becomes economic.


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