German panel to endorse closing nuclear plants

[kristopher]

German panel to endorse closing nuclear plants

FRANKFURT | Tue May 10, 2011 6:19pm EDT

(Reuters) - A panel of experts appointed by the German government to advise on its strategy on nuclear power will recommend that the countries' seven oldest reactors be closed indefinitely, a document obtained by Reuters showed.

In a draft of its final report to be released at the end of May, the commission also said that Germany could cope without nuclear power by 2021.

There are alternatives to nuclear power that "all entail fewer risks," the panel said in the draft.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel reversed a decision to extend the life of nuclear plants after the massive earthquake and tsunami of March 11 hit Japanese nuclear plants.

She imposed ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/10/us-germany-nuclear-commission-idUSTRE7496IM20110510



"There are alternatives to nuclear power that "all entail fewer risks," the panel said in the draft."

[kristopher]

1. Merkel fed up with energy firms over nuclear phaseout

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s relationship with German energy companies has reportedly so deteriorated that she no longer wants to meet with their executives to discuss how best to phase out the use of nuclear power...

http://www.thelocal.de/money/20110506-34849.html

[madokie]

2. After a while one has a tendency to want to not talk to someone who is blowing smoke

up your ass. I suspect this is what's going on.

[kristopher]

3. They probably want a refund on their lobbying money.

Hope she told them the money was taken under the same terms as CWIP funding.