Germans having second look at use of nuclear energy

[Dogmudgeon]

This is from IRNA, the official Iranian news agency. It is difficult to find a particular agenda here, because with or without nuclear energy, Iran would benefit from Germany's energy crisis.

Germans are not ready yet to mothball their country's 17 nuclear power plants despite government plans to gradually abandon atomic energy by the year 2021.

While opinion polls continue to indicate that most Germans remain opposed to nuclear energy, the momentum is slowly shifting in favor of the pro-atomic power camp, especially after the Russian gas crises over the past two winters.

Prospects of a severe oil and gas shortage have sparked again the nuclear debate in German homes which is an emotional issue to many people, particularly following the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

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Although phasing out nuclear energy is still on the agenda, Germany's nuclear reactors are still working at full power, having raised their electricity production in 2006.

German atomic power plants generated 167.4 billion kilowatt hours of electricity last year, compared to around 163 billion kilowatt hours in 2005.

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Industry lobbyists are also advocating nuclear energy as a serious alternative to oil and coal since atomic reactors produce almost no greenhouse gas emissions and oil prices are hovering at high levels.

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[illinoisprogressive]

1. france uses alot of nuclear and they have done well with it.

[jwirr]

2. Where is the nuclear waste put in EU?

[razzleberry]

3. waste is recycled ....n/t

[jwirr]

6. How do they do it and why can't we do the same?

[razzleberry]

7. a Presidential decree banned recycling in the US

everybody else recycles, not that big of a deal

[Massacure]

4. Where is the coal waste put in the United States?

[Dogmudgeon]

5. In the atmosphere

I wonder how many Chernobyls-worth of radioactive fly ash is now a long-term part of our atmosphere due to coal burning.

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