Frankfurt — Germany is considering extending the life of the remaining nuclear power plants as a way to secure the country’s energy supply in the face of Russia’s gas supply uncertainty, the state’s economic minister said. Stated.
The German Broadcasting Federation asked if one could imagine running a nuclear power plant longer than planned under the German exit plan, which predicts that the remaining three plans will be shut down by the end of 2022. A task to answer this question. I don’t reject it for ideological reasons, but preliminary hearings have shown that it doesn’t help us. “
Isar 2, Emsland, and Neckarwestheim 2 are the last nuclear power plants to generate in Germany after Germany decided to phase out fuel following the accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 10 years ago. It continues to be a place.
The three plants are owned by German energy companies E.ON, RWE and EnBW, respectively. Harbeck said the three operators pointed out that extending their lives would not help in the winter of 2022/23.
“Because preparations for the shutdown are already underway, nuclear power plants could continue to operate, perhaps with unsecured fuel supplies, with the most safety concerns,” Habeck said. ..
“And that’s certainly not what we want.”
Meanwhile, Saxony-Anhalt’s Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) warned against the rapid withdrawal of coal given that Germany’s energy security is now at stake due to the crisis in Ukraine.
Haselov said Germany’s energy supply is biased towards Russia, but 55% of Germany’s natural gas and almost 100% of East Germany come from Russia. In this situation, “the local media reported.
“It’s still possible to survive this winter,” he said.
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