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Lawmakers in the German Bundestag (parliament) have voted to keep Germany's three remaining NPPs in operation until April 2023. Under Germany’s nuclear phase-out plan they were all due to close by the end of 2022, but in October Chancellor Olaf Scholz ordered their extension in the face of energy shortages resulting from sanctions on Russian gas supplies. The three plants are Isar 2 in the southern state of Bavaria, Emsland in northwestern Germany, and Neckarwestheim 2 in the southwestern Baden-Württemberg state. The operators of the plants are E.ON (Isar 2), RWE (Emsland) and EnBW (Neckarwestheim 2), which, with a total capacity of 4.2GWe, currently account for 6% of Germany's power generation.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgerman-parliament-approves-npp-life-extension-10355164
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ordered the country's three remaining nuclear power stations to continue operating until mid-April. Scholz’s order ends weeks of dispute within his governing coalition. The head of the liberal Free Democratic Party coalition partner, Christian Lindner, was pressing to keep all three plants running until at least 2024, while the Green Party led by Economy Minister Robert Habeck insisted on closing them as scheduled at the end of 2022. The Greens wanted only two plants to be kept on standby, to be used if needed in face of the energy crisis sparked by European sanctions on Russian energy. The liberal Free Democratic Party, on the other hand, had been pushing to keep all three reactors active until 2024.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgermany-extends-nuclear-power-use-until-april-10102309
The German federal cabinet has approved an executive decision by Chancellor Olaf Scholz to allow the country's three remaining nuclear power plants to continue operating beyond the end of this year. It approved a draft amendment to the Atomic Energy Act which enables the Emsland, Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim 2 plants to operate until 15 April 2023 at the latest.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/German-cabinet-approves-extended-reactor-operation
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has taken the decision to allow all three of Germany's remaining operating nuclear power plants to continue generating electricity until 15 April next year. His decision follows disagreement among the governing coalition parties over the continued operation of the plants.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Scholz-decides-on-continued-operation-of-reactors
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz - BMWK) has announced that it will extend the possible operation of two of its three remaining nuclear power plants until mid-April 2023 to provide an "emergency reserve" this winter in face of the current energy crisis resulting from sanctions on Russian oil and gas. The plants are scheduled for closure in December in line with Germany’s nuclear phase-out plan.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 09 September 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstemporary-reprieve-for-two-german-npps-9988470
German Economy Minister Robert Habeck has said in a recent statement that allowing the three remaining nuclear power stations to continue operation would be of little help in solving the growing energy crisis.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 26 August 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgermany-still-undecided-on-nuclear-phase-out-delay-9953632