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Germany’s Environment Minister will shut down nuclear reactors

Environment minister stands firm on nuclear power plant closure  Deutsche Welle | 15.02.2010

Germany’s   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.

German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen has rejected calls to immediately extend the operating lifetimes of nuclear power plants.

Roettgen said in a newspaper interview that he would not intervene to delay closure dates for reactors in coming months.

Environment minister stands firm on nuclear power plant closure | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 15.02.2010

February 16, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1 | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons, radioactive