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EOn and Statkraft finalize asset swap

Germany's EOn group has finalized its agreement with Statkraft for a €4.5 billion ($6.2 billion) asset swap under which EOn will take total ownership of its Swedish subsidiary, EOn Sverige. As part of the agreement, EOn will acquire Statkraft's 44.6% stake in EOn Sverige, whose nuclear power...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-24-2008
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...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-13-2008
The Pushmi-Pullyu of Nuclear Politics

Not here, where roses bloom and politics is the sport of gentlemen </snark>, but Germany. We noted the other day (scroll down – lots of good reading) that Germany was experiencing some buyers’ remorse over its decision to pull the plug on nuclear energy and that the prime minister, Angela Merkel...

Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-03-2008
Waiting Too Long to Make a Mistake

A few bits of news show the nuclear renaissance colliding with the problems besetting the world these days – and demonstrating its value every time. And by value, we mean the jingle in the pocket as well as the zap in your sockets. --- Germany, as you may know, was an early supporter of nuclear energy...

Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-30-2008
Germans split on nuclear phase out

[Bild am Sonntag, 15 June] Almost half of Germans are against their country's phase out of nuclear energy, according to an opinion poll conducted by the Emnid research institute on behalf of the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. The survey found that 46% of Germans want the country to continue using nuclear...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-16-2008
EnBW could fight for its oldest reactor

German utility EnBW has reacted strongly against a government decision on the lifespans of its reactors. It said it intends to investigate the ruling and could take legal action.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-13-2008
Germany, Merkel Rethinking Nuclear Power

From Deutsche Welle , more on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's call to restore Germany's nuclear energy program: Although Merkel has long championed a three-way mix in electrical power generation—fossil, renewables and nuclear—she has in the past been cautious in openly advocating a reverse...

Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-10-2008
Merkel: Nuclear phase-out is wrong

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has described her country's decision to close its nuclear plants as "absolutely wrong." The words were her most forthright to date.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-10-2008
Angela Merkel declares Germany's nuclear phaseout decision was "absolutely wrong"

There has been a strong shift in the talk about nuclear power in the European Union, driven by concerns about global climate change, energy prices and increasing dependence on Russian oil and natural gas. Until recently, Germany's official position has been that it would continue with its plan to...

Posted to Atomic Insights (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-10-2008
Germany wants EU allowances for nuclear exit

[Handelsblatt, 1 April] German economics minister, Michael Glos, is calling for the European Union (EU) to make allowances to Germany in its carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions due to its phase out of nuclear energy. He has written to environment minister Sigmar Gabriel saying that the country's planned...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-02-2008

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