With a view to the energy supply in Germany, the Federal Foreign Minister expresses reservations about a possible extended operation of nuclear power plants – and warns against a “roll backwards”.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock continues to reject a longer service life for the three remaining German nuclear power plants beyond the end of the year. “I’m not convinced that nuclear power plants will solve our gas problem,” said the Green politician to “Bild am Sonntag”. “Whether we could still have a power problem in Bavaria because the grid expansion there was delayed is currently being checked in the stress test.”
Baerbock said those who were just talking about nuclear power aren’t talking about the stretching operation. “They want a roll backwards to nuclear power. We have paid billions for the back and forth in the nuclear phase-out over the past decade. To overturn it now would be insane and would cost us even more.”
Because of the energy crisis, which has worsened due to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, there has been a debate for months as to whether the three remaining nuclear power plants should run longer. The operating license for the Isar 2 reactor in Bavaria actually expires at the end of the year, as does that for the Emsland reactors in Lower Saxony and Neckarwestheim 2 in Baden-Württemberg. The federal government is currently testing the security of the power supply in a stress test. Then she wants to decide whether the nuclear power plants will run a little longer.
Source: Stern
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