Renewable energy for 150 German cities, not nuclear for corporate profits!
150 German towns want nuclear power ended, de.indymedia.org, Diet Simon, 17 March 2010 Local power utilities in Germany have formed an anti-nuclear power alliance saying that planned longer running times for nukes are endangering their plans to invest billions in climate-friendly green energies…..The local governments have coalesced to resist the power giants E.on, RWE, EnBW and Vattenfall, which run nuclear stations……Lengthening the running times of atomic plants, as the present government intends to do, offers the companies billions in extra profits. Continue reading
Public opposition to secrecy of Germany’s nuclear waste disposal
Further w
ork is to continue under mining law, which excludes public consultation,
150 German towns want nuclear power ended, de.indymedia.org,Diet Simon, 17 March 2010, The government has given the go ahead for the Gorleben site in northern Germany to be explored further as a potential final repository for nuclear waste.Storage of nuclear waste is politically charged. There is no definitive agreement on a suitable site and convoys transporting waste to interim sites regularly attract huge crowds of protesters and frequently both demonstrators and police are injured in clashes. Continue reading
Opposition to re-opening of Germany’s controversial nuclear waste dump
A phase-out of nuclear power has been planned for 2021, and eight of the country’s 17 reactors are currently due to cease output in 2018.
Gernany’s Environment Minister wants Nuclear Reactors Closed
Environment minister stands firm on nuclear power plant closure Deutsche Welle | 15.02.2010
Germany’s embattled environment minister has thrown his weight behind shutting down the country’s nuclear reactors. Norbert Roettgen said he’d stick to an agreement that would see two power plants close in coming months. Continue reading
Nuclear weapons in Europe – hindering global security?
Europe’s Nuclear Deterrent Debated Voice of America 8 Feb 2010 Jennifer Glasse | London Germany’s new coalition government is calling for U.S. nuclear missiles to be removed from Europe. A London research organization says Germany’s announcement has reopened the global debate about whether nuclear weapons help or hinder global security……
The U.S. administration will make its nuclear policy clear with a paper known as the Nuclear Posture Review expected to be reported to the U.S. Congress this month. In the meantime, the German government has called for the removal of U.S. tactical weapons on its soil and from Europe altogether.
Anti-nuclear movement grows, with Germany’s unsolved nuclear waste problem
The decision by Britain to send waste to Germany has served as a reminder that the Germans have not solved the problem of how and where to store it. This uncertainty, and news of the mine in Saxony, is stoking the embers of the anti-nuclear movement — demonstrations are planned for this weekend — and reviving it as a political force.
German nuclear programme threatened by old mine housing waste TIMESONLINE By BEN EVANS
Associated Press Writer Roger Boyes in Berlin January 22, 2010
A leaky salt mine used as a radioactive dump is jeopardising Germany’s plans to cling on to nuclear power despite fierce political opposition. Continue reading
Where to store Nuclear Waste for hundreds of thousands of years?
Germany’s Endless Search for a Nuclear Waste Dump SPIEGELONLINE 15 Jan 2010 Germany has been looking for a permanent storage site for its nuclear waste for over 30 years. The history of the Gorleben salt dome, a potential nuclear repository, is one full of deception and political maneuvering. And if opponents to the plans have their way, the search might even have to start again from scratch………….. Continue reading
Germany – what to do with nuclear waste dump mess?
Government admits to mistakes in dealing with nuclear waste dump
The German government has admitted to mistakes in its handling of the controversial derelict nuclear waste dump in Asse. It also called on energy companies to share the cost of shutting it down… Continue reading
Germany’s old scrap metal nuclear reactors still going
German nuclear policy skirts a taboo Reuters Nov 5, 2009 Chancellor Angela Merkel’s new center-right government last week kept nuclear energy alive but stressed that would only be until renewable energies are fully viable. Popular opposition to nuclear is strong and visceral. Continue reading
Germany, also, sent nuke wastes to Siberia
Recycling Atomic WasteNuclear Materials Stored In Siberian Carparks SPIEGEL ONLINE 13 Oct 09 “…………From 1996 to 2001, Germany sent a lot of its recyclable radioactive material to Seversk as well — around an average of 1,500 tons a year, anti-nuclear lobby groups claim — and one of the issues the new coalition government-to-be has in common is a desire to expand the lifespan of Germany’s nuclear power plants…….
Political opposition to Germany continuing with nukes
Greens vow to oppose U-turn on German nuclear phaseout
The Local : 28 Sep 09
Green groups vowed on Monday to hit the streets if Chancellor Angela Merkel’s victorious new coalition keeps its campaign promise to reverse Germany’s scheduled exit from nuclear power. Continue reading
Solar subsidies at some risk in German election
Center-right coalition could slash solar subsidies
By Polya Lesova, MarketWatch 22 Sept 09
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) — Though broad political support for renewable energy is certain to stay in place regardless of what government emerges after Sunday’s national election, a center-right coalition will likely push for bigger cuts to the state subsidies that have helped make Germany one of the global leaders in green energy. Continue reading
German Nuclear Plants’ Future Hangs On Election
German Nuclear Plants’ Future at Stake in Merkel Election Fight
By Brian Parkin and Nicholas Comfort Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) — Angela Seidler, a 41-year-old tour guide at E.ON AG’s Grafenrheinfeld nuclear-power plant in southern Germany, may have to find a new career before she retires. Continue reading
Germany OKs Huge Offshore Wind Farms
Germany OKs Huge Offshore Wind Farms
The German cabinet has approved a plan for 40 more North Sea and Baltic wind parks that could create 30,000 jobs and power 8 million homesSPIEGEL ONLINE September 21, 2009, Continue reading
Germany: Nuclear power an issue pre-election
Merkel, Steinmeier Clash on Jobs, Taxes in TV Debate
and Foreign MinisterBy Tony Czuczka and Brian Parkin Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) — Chancellor Angela MerkelFrank-Walter Steinmeier clashed on jobs, taxes and who can best steer Germany’s economy out of the crisis during their only television debate before Sept. 27 elections…………………. Continue reading
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