GERMANY WOULD PROSPER FROM EXTENDED NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, SAY POWER GIANTS
September 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMANY'S nuclear power operators are proposing their government abandons its 15-year phase out of plants and instead keep them operating for at least 25 years. RWE, E.ON and Vattenfall say the additional profits they would generate could be ploughed back into clean energy research or subsidise German domestic energy bills. RWE estimates 25 more years of nuclear power in Germany could generate Euro 3,000 per German citizen.
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GERMANY'S nuclear power operators are proposing their government abandons its 15-year phase out of plants and instead keep them operating for at least 25 years. RWE, E.ON and Vattenfall say the additional profits they would generate could be ploughed back into clean energy research or subsidise German domestic energy bills. RWE estimates 25 more years of nuclear power in Germany could generate Euro 3,000 per German citizen.
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