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Germany pledges to end all nuclear power by 2022 | Germany pledges to end all nuclear power by 2022 |
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Germany's ruling coalition says it has agreed a date of 2022 for the shutdown of all of its nuclear power plants. | Germany's ruling coalition says it has agreed a date of 2022 for the shutdown of all of its nuclear power plants. |
Environment Minister Norbert Rottgen made the announcement after a meeting of the ruling coalition that lasted into the early hours of Monday. | Environment Minister Norbert Rottgen made the announcement after a meeting of the ruling coalition that lasted into the early hours of Monday. |
Chancellor Angela Merkel had set up an ethics panel to look into nuclear power following the disaster at the Fukushima plant in Japan. | Chancellor Angela Merkel had set up an ethics panel to look into nuclear power following the disaster at the Fukushima plant in Japan. |
Germany saw mass anti-nuclear protests in the wake of the disaster. | Germany saw mass anti-nuclear protests in the wake of the disaster. |
'Sustainable energy' | 'Sustainable energy' |
Mr Rottgen said the seven oldest reactors, which were already subject to a moratorium, and the Kruemmel nuclear power plant, would not resume. | Mr Rottgen said the seven oldest reactors, which were already subject to a moratorium, and the Kruemmel nuclear power plant, would not resume. |
Six others would go offline by 2021 at the latest and the three newest by 2022, he said. | Six others would go offline by 2021 at the latest and the three newest by 2022, he said. |
Mr Rottgen said: "It's definite. The latest end for the last three nuclear power plants is 2022. There will be no clause for revision." | Mr Rottgen said: "It's definite. The latest end for the last three nuclear power plants is 2022. There will be no clause for revision." |
Mrs Merkel's Christian Democrats had met with their junior partners on Sunday after the ethics panel had delivered its conclusions. | |
Before the meeting she said: "I think we're on a good path but very, very many questions have to be considered. | Before the meeting she said: "I think we're on a good path but very, very many questions have to be considered. |
"If you want to exit something, you also have to prove how the change will work and how we can enter into a durable and sustainable energy provision." | "If you want to exit something, you also have to prove how the change will work and how we can enter into a durable and sustainable energy provision." |
The Fukushima plant was crippled by the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan, causing radioactive leaks that spurred anti-nuclear protests in Germany. | The Fukushima plant was crippled by the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan, causing radioactive leaks that spurred anti-nuclear protests in Germany. |
Mr Rottgen said a tax on spent fuel rods, expected to raise 2.3bn euros ($3.28bn) a year from this year, would remain despite the shutdown. | Mr Rottgen said a tax on spent fuel rods, expected to raise 2.3bn euros ($3.28bn) a year from this year, would remain despite the shutdown. |
Germany's nuclear industry has argued that an early shutdown would be hugely damaging to the country's industrial base. | Germany's nuclear industry has argued that an early shutdown would be hugely damaging to the country's industrial base. |
Before March's moratorium on the older power plants, Germany relied on nuclear power for 23% of its energy. | Before March's moratorium on the older power plants, Germany relied on nuclear power for 23% of its energy. |
The anti-nuclear drive boosted Germany's Green party, which took control of the Christian Democrat stronghold of Baden-Wuerttemberg, in late March. | The anti-nuclear drive boosted Germany's Green party, which took control of the Christian Democrat stronghold of Baden-Wuerttemberg, in late March. |