Germans shun nuclear power
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April 10, 2011, Sunday
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GERMANY'S utility companies want "swift and complete" abolishment of nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, says their umbrella organization.
The technology should be phased out by 2020 or at the latest by 2023, the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) said Friday following a board meeting.
Up until yesterday the organization had been fully behind nuclear energy, but the events in Japan caused the dramatic U-turn.
The group called on the government to set everything in motion to speed up the transition toward a stable, ecologically responsible and affordable energy mix without nuclear energy.
"The catastrophe at the Fukushima reactors marks a new era and the BDEW therefore calls for a swift and complete exit from using nuclear power," the group said in a statement.
The association represents about 1,800 utilities, among them the operators of the country's 17 nuclear reactors. But the two biggest operators, E.ON AG and RWE AG, said after the vote that they were opposed to the decision.
Germany gets almost a quarter of its electricity from nuclear power.
The technology should be phased out by 2020 or at the latest by 2023, the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) said Friday following a board meeting.
Up until yesterday the organization had been fully behind nuclear energy, but the events in Japan caused the dramatic U-turn.
The group called on the government to set everything in motion to speed up the transition toward a stable, ecologically responsible and affordable energy mix without nuclear energy.
"The catastrophe at the Fukushima reactors marks a new era and the BDEW therefore calls for a swift and complete exit from using nuclear power," the group said in a statement.
The association represents about 1,800 utilities, among them the operators of the country's 17 nuclear reactors. But the two biggest operators, E.ON AG and RWE AG, said after the vote that they were opposed to the decision.
Germany gets almost a quarter of its electricity from nuclear power.
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