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• Nuclear news roundup for 10/06/09

  Siemens to sign off on Rosatom deal by December Reuters reported Oct 1 that German industrial giant Siemens will seal the  deal on its joint venture with Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear corporation, within the next two months.  The move comes following the decision by Siemens last January to split with French state nuclear corporation Areva.  Reuters quoted an Interfax report saying... Posted Oct 05 2009, 11:25 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, France, Russia, Siemens, Germany, jv, joint venture, rosatom

• Merkel’s election win saves Germany’s 17 nuclear reactors

  Social Democrats and green groups wanted to close them in favor of wind and solar power Reuters reports Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have won  enough votes in Germany's election to form a center-right government with the Free Democrats (FDP).  The anti-nuclear agenda of the lef-of-center Social Democrats was not accepted by the voters. Reuters notes that Merkel’s political... Posted Sep 27 2009, 05:33 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Germany, politics, merkel, growth, chancellor, pro-nuclear

• Germany’s Merkel says cutting nuclear will harm energy security

  Chancellor Andrea Merkel says early abandonment puts growth at risk The BBC reported Feb 11 Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) has come out  against early decommissioning of its 17 nuclear power plants which provide over 20 GWe of electricity.  “The head of the government said, "I believe that it is not in order when we are one of a very small number of countries intending to shut down... Posted Feb 15 2009, 06:36 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Germany, nuclear safety, nuclear security

• German greens reject nuclear fund for renewables

  Maybe they want a better offer than $56 billion? German Chancellor Andrea Merkel and her conservative Christian  Democrats (CDU), think they have a plan to save Germany's nuclear power plants from being shut down.  It is to extend their life by diverting some of the profits from the sale of electricity into a fund to buy down the higher costs of wind and solar power.  The plan would... Posted Sep 14 2008, 12:38 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Germany

• Merkel swings for the fences

  It's showdown time for the Conservatives and Social Democrats over nuclear energy Baseball and German electoral politics aren't a combination you would ordinarily think of, despite the popularity of brats at most stadiums, but this week German Chancellor Angela Merkel might just as well have been standing at home plate in Yankee Stadium swinging for the fences against a 100 mph fastball. She's... Posted Jul 13 2008, 06:31 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Germany