( source RSI.ch ) The German government has decided to suspend the aging of nuclear plants, decided last year. This was announced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, adding that the atom remains a major energy transition for Germany.
D elle seventeen power stations currently operating on Germanic soil, and who benefited from the provision of extension, two will be closed immediately, those of Hesse and Baden-Wuttemberg.
N on spending is only Switzerland (RSI compares the article http://bit.ly/fsGaFk ) and Germany to come to terms with the atomic fears triggered by the earthquake in Japan. They have also discussed today the European Environment Ministers meeting in Brussels. A meeting which will be followed tomorrow a new summit convened by the European Commission with the participation of national nuclear safety and related industries.
N el today's meeting, Austria, who has rejected more than 30 years ago, the nuclear option, has requested to carry out resistance testing in all its European plants. A proposal for a "not yet prepared at this stage," he countered the French environment minister, according to which Paris intend to discuss uniform security standards at European level.
T ra other neighboring countries of Switzerland, concern was also expressed by Italy, which, however, does not intend to back down: Berlusconi's government decided several months ago a return to nuclear power after 1987, the year in which the people had voted against this form of energy production.
