Germany can’t recommend nuclear power life-span extension

Arrows present the safety route in entrance of the generator of reactor block A at a nuclear powerplant in Biblis, Germany. September 18, 2008. REUTERS/Alex Grimm/File Photograph

BERLIN, March 8 (Reuters) – Germany on Tuesday poured chilly water on hopes that extending the life-span of its remaining nuclear vegetation may assist reduce the nation’s reliance on Russian vitality imports, saying the prices and dangers of such a transfer outweighed restricted advantages.

Europe’s largest financial system late final month floated the concept of holding nuclear vegetation, the final of that are to be shut down by the top of the 12 months, as a part of its vitality combine to diversify away from Russia, which delivers most of Germany’s pure gasoline.

In a joint assertion on Tuesday, Germany’s financial system and surroundings ministries mentioned that they had checked out each short-term and mid-term eventualities to determine whether or not holding nuclear vegetation may make a distinction.

“On account of weighing up the advantages and dangers, an extension of the working lives of the three remaining nuclear energy vegetation just isn’t advisable, additionally in view of the present gasoline disaster,” they mentioned.

Germany’s remaining three nuclear vegetation are operated by vitality corporations EnBW (EBKG.DE), RWE (RWEG.DE) and E.ON (EONGn.DE).

In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Germany has mapped out adjustments to its vitality system to chop dependence on Russian gasoline, which accounts for 2 thirds of Germany’s pure gasoline imports.

Options are actually into consideration, together with extra photo voltaic and wind energy, liquefied pure gasoline (LNG) terminals in addition to gas- and coal-fired energy vegetation. learn extra

Reporting by Maria Sheahan and Christoph Steitz; Enhancing by Zuzanna Szymanska
Enhancing by Paul Carrel

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