Survey: Majority wants to extend the operating times of the three nuclear power plants

Survey: Majority wants to extend the operating times of the three nuclear power plants

The last three German nuclear power plants should go offline at the end of the year. However, a majority would prefer an extension of the maturities.

According to a survey, given Germany’s dependence on Russian energy imports, a clear majority wants to extend the service lives of the three remaining nuclear power plants.

According to a survey conducted by the opinion research institute Civey on behalf of the “Augsburger Allgemeine”, 70 percent of those surveyed are in favor of extending the term. This proportion is lowest among supporters of the Greens at 32 percent – 56 percent of them want to hold on to the exit, overall this is only 23 percent. In the Union camp, 90 percent are in favor of longer terms, and 64 percent in the SPD.

At present, only the Isar 2 nuclear reactors near Landshut (Bavaria) and the reactors in Emsland in Lower Saxony and Neckarwestheim 2 in Baden-Württemberg are still supplying electricity – they too are scheduled to go offline at the end of the year. The economics and environment ministries had already rejected an extension of the terms because of the new situation after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Instead, the energy transition towards renewable power sources should be promoted.

Source: Stern

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