E.ON communicated its intention to
shut down the Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plan in May 2015. This would
be 7 months before the closure will be due under the German nuclear power exit
decision.
The
respective closure notice has reportedly been filed both with the Federal
Network Agency and with TenneT, transmission system operator for the
plant. Operation will only make commercial sense if a sufficiently
long operating time without fuel rod tax follows. The fuel rod tax will
expire in 2016.
Due to the shortened remaining operating time
for Grafenrheinfeld, an early shut down is inevitable in the interest of
the company’s shareholders, E.ON said.