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Leaked memo reveals German govt’s dirty nuclear deal

The memo, leaked Thursday, also promises that the new nuclear agreement will include provisions to make it hard for future anti-nuclear governments to reverse the decision to keep nuclear in the mix.

Opposition fuming over secret nuclear deal – UPI.com BERLIN, Sept. 10 The German opposition has reacted angrily over revelations that the government, as part of its decision to extend the life of nuclear power in Germany to the mid 2030s, struck a deal with the nuclear industry to shield it from unfavorable future political decisions. German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a previously unreleased memo assured the country’s four main utilities that government-imposed nuclear safety upgrades would be capped at $640 million per reactor.
The memo, leaked Thursday, also promises that the new nuclear agreement will include provisions to make it hard for future anti-nuclear governments to reverse the decision to keep nuclear in the mix. A previous deal, struck by an anti-nuclear government and the industry in 2000, foresaw the closure of all reactors by 2021.

Opposition lawmakers are fuming over the new deal with the utilities Eon, RWE, EnBW and Vattenfall Europe.

Keeping it secret is “the new high point of the government’s tricks and pleasing of lobbyists,” Ulrich Kelber, a senior official with the opposition Social Democrats, told German business daily Handelsblatt. The government “not only makes big energy policy mistakes, but also damages democracy.”…..

pposition fuming over secret nuclear deal – UPI.com

September 10, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Germany, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology