Germany decides to shut down all nuclear power plants by 2022 in the wake of Fukushima
By Associated Press,
Updated: Monday, May 30, 3:15 AM
BERLIN — Germany’s coalition government agreed early Monday to shut down all the country’s nuclear power plants by 2022, the environment minister said, making it the first major industrialized nation in the last quarter century to announce plans to go nuclear-free.
The country’s seven oldest reactors already taken off the grid pending safety inspections following the catastrophe at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant in March will remain offline permanently, Norbert Roettgen added. The country has 17 reactors total.
Roettgen praised the coalition agreement after negotiations through the night between the governing parties.
“This is coherent. It is clear,” he told reporters in Berlin. “That’s why it is a good result.”
(More here.)
Updated: Monday, May 30, 3:15 AM
BERLIN — Germany’s coalition government agreed early Monday to shut down all the country’s nuclear power plants by 2022, the environment minister said, making it the first major industrialized nation in the last quarter century to announce plans to go nuclear-free.
The country’s seven oldest reactors already taken off the grid pending safety inspections following the catastrophe at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant in March will remain offline permanently, Norbert Roettgen added. The country has 17 reactors total.
Roettgen praised the coalition agreement after negotiations through the night between the governing parties.
“This is coherent. It is clear,” he told reporters in Berlin. “That’s why it is a good result.”
(More here.)
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3 Comments:
Gee. I wonder where they plan to get their energy? And just what will become of the nuclear waste?
I don't know, seems like an over reaction to me.
With the recent nuclear failure in Japan no wonder why there stepping another precautionary measures. But having all said, knowing they are highly industrialized country it bugs me where would they get huge amount of energy to sustain their status of living?
They'll back door the plants in one way or another just like the UK did. even if they went 100% renewable, there is no way of storing the electricity for when it is needed later or at night. Lets all keep crossing our fingers for fusion power!
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