Auctioning extensions to the lifespans of nuclear power plants isn't an urgent issue at present, German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen and Economics Minister Rainer Bruederle said Wednesday.
Auctioning extensions to the lifespans of nuclear power plants isn't an
urgent issue at present, German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen and
Economics Minister Rainer Bruederle said Wednesday.
On Tuesday, German daily Financial Times Deutschland reported that Roettgen is
open-minded about auctioning extensions of nuclear plant lifespans to the
power-generating companies rather than simply allocating them, citing Roettgen.
However, on Wednesday Roettgen said that auctioning the lifespan extension
would be a nice idea but won't be made law in the short term.
Bruederle said otherwise the timetable for the extension of the lifespan of
nuclear power couldn't be kept, adding that the idea could be re-examined in
the future.
At present, "we have to stay on [the] previously outlined road, to ensure
the deadlines are met," he said. In the autumn, the German government
wants to present its new energy plan.
Guido Westerwelle,
Germany
's
foreign minister and head of the co-ruling Free Democratic Party FDP wants a
"moderate" lifespan extension for nuclear plants and doesn't expect
this will need approval from the Bundesrat,
Germany
's
second legislative chamber, newspaper Hamburger Abendblatt reported Wednesday. "I
expect that we don't need the Bundesrat [decision] to extend the lifespan of
nuclear power plants," he said.
However, a prerequisite to extend the plants' lifespans is that security
standards are met. "Security is a non-negotiable point," Roettgen
said Wednesday in
Berlin
.
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