Germany to Eliminate Nuclear Energy by 2022

[Nathanael]

In a sharp reversal of policy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced the country will move to phase out all nuclear power by 2022.

The decision comes after the Ethics Commission for Security Energy, which Merkel set up to review nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster in Japan, recommended all 17 of Germany's reactors be shut down permanently.

According to Environment Minister Norbert Rottgen, the seven oldest reactors which were taken offline for safety review immediately following the beginning of Fukushima's problems will never be used again. One of the older nuclear facilities will be brought back online to provide backup power until 2013. The rest of the nuclear reactors will be phased out by 2022. Minister Rottgen said, "It's definite. The latest end for the last three nuclear power plants is 2022. There will be no clause for revision."

Link: http://www.energyboom.com/yes/germany-eliminate-nuclear-energy-2022

[wtmusic]

1. Germany to Phase in Coal Energy by 2022

Doesn't have the same ring.

[nonperson]

2. Oh brother

Another of the nuclear death industry apologists trying to frighten us into staying the nuclear sure death course.

How about this instead:

Germany to phase in renewable energy with the money they formerly wasted on the nuclear death industry --- by 2022.

Hopefully more nations will follow suit.

[wtmusic]

4. How many people died from nuclear today? How many from coal?

Have a nice day.

[kristopher]

6. How many died from solar or wind?

And don't trot out that phony compilation of death stats that under-reports nuclear while exaggerating wind and fabricating solar.

Nuclear 0.16/TWH excluding civilian mortality from accidental releases of radiation such as TMI, Chernobyl and Fukushima
Wind 0.07/TwH counting everything including a suicide on site and people who wrecked their car because they were watching the cool windmill...
Solar not compiled. The number you use is fabricated.

[nonperson]

8. How many will die in Japan over the next few hundred years?

How can you have a nice day considering you condone and defend this shit?

[FBaggins]

9. All of them

The same number that would have died over the next few hundred years if nuclear power had never existed.

[RC]

3. Just another of a 230942 bazillion post stating that Germany is going back to global warming,

people killing, dirty coal.

If the anti-nukers were serous about the future, this would not be a good thing to rejoice about.

[FreakinDJ]

5. 100 Millions years for plant life to store Co2

compared to half-lifes ranging from fractions of a second to 50 thousand years doesn't sound so bad

[kristopher]

7. This is the type of firm policy commitment that renewable industries require.

One of the worst aspects of renewable energy policy around the world has been the vacillating back and forth between fossil and nuclear on the one hand, and renewables on the other. The economics of renewables are now strong enough that the single most important policy aspect of encouraging them is a clear long term commitment to a distributed energy system built around renewables.

Way to go, Germany.

[kristopher]

10. Merkel: Germany will lead way in renewable energy

Merkel: Germany will lead way in renewable energy

May 30, 2011, 15:54 GMT

'Germany will be the first large industrial country to move to highly efficient and climate-friendly energy,' Merkel told a press conference in Berlin. 'The path will be a great challenge for Germany.'

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Meanwhile, the Federation of German Industry (BDI) head Hans-Peter Keitel said that the 'clearly politically motivated intention' to set a 'final and irreversible' end to the use of nuclear energy 'increasingly fills me with worry.'

The energy company RWE said it would reserve the right to challenge the legislation in court. The company has also challenged the moratorium on the power plants currently closed. Its shares dropped 2.35 per cent on Monday, while rival energy company Eon's shares dropped 2.17 per cent.

...But environmental campaign group Greenpeace called the government's plan 'unacceptable.' The shutdown was not fast enough, the group said, expressing the concern that energy companies would attempt to push back the 2022 deadline...

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1642426.php/Merkel-Germany-will-lead-way-in-renewable-energy