Berlin 10th September : Five-four percent of Germans would be in favor of keeping the country’s nuclear power stations in operation because of the growing energy crisis according to a poll.With the backdrop of rising prices for electricity and gas The Minister of Economic Affairs Robert Habeck aims to keep two of Germany’s three nuclear power plants in standby in case of emergency up to April 2023, Xinhua media agency said.
Germany’s nuclear shut-down will not reverse, Habeck said.”Nuclear power is and will always be high-risk technology.Its radioactive waste will be a burden for 10s of generations to the future.” The poll conducted by the public broadcaster ZDF revealed a 12 percent people’s support for the completion of the phase-out in the manner planned to be completed by the close of the year.
Experts in economics are doubting the necessity of keeping the facilities running.”Every effort should be made to increase capacity for generation that are available on very short notice,” Veronika Grimm of the German Council of Economic Experts said to Funke Mediengruppe.
Environmental groups have warned against the reverse of Germany’s nuclear phase-out.The life span of the remaining nuclear power stations should not be extended due to unresolved safety concerns according to a study released by Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) discovered.
The idea of keeping nuclear power plants in standby till next year’s is “unacceptable and hinders the needed change in energy sources,” Martin Kaiser, executive director of Greenpeace Germany, said.The ongoing operation of the older nuclear power stations poses an “significant security risk.”
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