Still all three nuclear power plants open longer in Germany

After weeks of disagreement within the coalition, German Chancellor Scholz decided to keep the third nuclear power plant open until April 15, 2023 at the latest. Previously, the nuclear power plant in the state of Lower Saxony would close on January 1, 2023. .

Germany had initially decided to close all three nuclear power plants by the end of this year, but the energy crisis has changed that. Last month the government decided to keep two nuclear power plants open in the southern German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg until mid-April.

The coalition party De Groenen, an opponent of nuclear energy, decided last weekend at the party congress that these two plants should remain. Conversely, coalition partner FDP has demanded that the three remaining nuclear power plants all remain in operation until 2024 due to rising energy prices. The FDP also wants the reopening of closed nuclear power plants if necessary.

Party leader Lang van De Groen today called on Chancellor Scholz’s SPD to take a clearer stand on the issue. With the decision to keep the three nuclear power plants open throughout the winter, Scholz took the plunge. FDP leader Durr talked about it Twitter “good news against the backdrop of the energy crisis”.

Meanwhile, the dismantling of other German nuclear power plants. The so-called phasing out of nuclear power it was accelerated in 2011 after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan. Fearing new accidents and problems with nuclear waste storage, the German government has decided to stop using nuclear energy.