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German Bill to shut down nuclear power industry

The main opposition Social Democratic Party will put a bill to the upper house in Berlin today calling for the immediate closure of eight reactors and all 17 nuclear plants to be shut within about a decade. The opposition holds a majority in the upper house, the Bundesrat, where states are represented.

Merkel Faces Nuclear Exit Bill as States Exert Pressure After Japan Crisis, Bloomberg, By Tony Czuczka and Nicholas Comfort – Apr 15, 2011  Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a bid by members of the upper house of parliament to force her to abandon nuclear power as she tries to rally German state leaders behind an overhaul of energy policy by the middle of May.

The main opposition Social Democratic Party will put a bill to the upper house in Berlin today calling for the immediate closure of eight reactors and all 17 nuclear plants to be shut within about a decade. The opposition holds a majority in the upper house, the Bundesrat, where states are represented.

The bill steps up the pressure on Merkel to speed the exit from atomic power as she works on an unprecedented shift in the energy mix driving Europe’s biggest economy. She is due to hold talks on energy policy with Germany’s 16 state prime ministers today after last month ordering a 90-day reassessment of nuclear power as workers fought a meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima plant…

Merkel Faces Nuclear Exit Bill as States Exert Pressure After Japan Crisis – Bloomberg

April 15, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Germany, politics