Germany to seek shutdown of all nuclear plants by 2022: reports
May 30, 2011
Germany's ruling coalition parties hammered out a plan to permanently shut down all of its 17 nuclear power plants by 2022 in the wake of Japan's serious nuclear plant accidents, the German Press Agency and other media reported Monday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel will seek Cabinet approval of a June 6 deadline to close down all such plants after reviewing findings by a government energy policy commission due Monday, as well as opinions in both ruling and opposition camps, according to the reports.
The expected decision by the ruling camp in the wake of massive radiation leakage accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi complex would shorten the timetable for Germany's exit from nuclear power from 2036 set by the legislation passed last year, according to the reports.
Meanwhile, the federal and 16 state governments agreed Sunday to consider keeping one or two of the 17 reactors on standby for the time being in case other energy sources cannot prevent power shortage, the agency's report said.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on May 30, 2011)
Chancellor Angela Merkel will seek Cabinet approval of a June 6 deadline to close down all such plants after reviewing findings by a government energy policy commission due Monday, as well as opinions in both ruling and opposition camps, according to the reports.
The expected decision by the ruling camp in the wake of massive radiation leakage accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi complex would shorten the timetable for Germany's exit from nuclear power from 2036 set by the legislation passed last year, according to the reports.
Meanwhile, the federal and 16 state governments agreed Sunday to consider keeping one or two of the 17 reactors on standby for the time being in case other energy sources cannot prevent power shortage, the agency's report said.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on May 30, 2011)
