Some twenty-four hours before Germany’s last remaining nuclear power plants are to be shut down for good, a poll has indicated that the majority of the country’s citizens oppose the decision.
According to the INSA poll on behalf of the newspaper Bild am Sonntag, 52% of the sample considers it wrong that the three remaining nuclear power plants will be taken off the grid this week, while 37% think it is the right decision and 11 % expresses no opinion.
The Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim 2 stations, with a production capacity of 1,400 megawatts each (owned by E.ON and EnBW respectively), were to be closed together with the third, RWE’s Emsland, on 31 December this year. But now they may be called upon to help if there are shortages in the winter.
Germany: Nuclear power plants out of operation in 2023
Germany’s nuclear power plants were due to shut down at the end of 2023 under a decision made by former Chancellor Angela Merkel after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.
But the impact of the war in Ukraine and the drastic reduction in gas supplies from Russia has caused a major problem in Europe’s largest economy, which has struggled to guarantee that the lights will stay on, businesses will operate normally and homes will stay warm for longer. cold months.
Faced with disagreements in his three-party governing coalition, Chancellor Olaf Solz was forced to decide that the three plants would continue to operate until Saturday 15 April. But critics of the decision emphasize that Germany is turning its back on a cheap and reliable source of energy.
The survey was conducted on April 6 in a representative sample of 1,004 citizens.
Source: iefimerida
Some twenty-four hours before Germany’s last remaining nuclear power plants are to be shut down for good, a poll has indicated that the majority of the country’s citizens oppose the decision.
According to the INSA poll on behalf of the newspaper Bild am Sonntag, 52% of the sample considers it wrong that the three remaining nuclear power plants will be taken off the grid this week, while 37% think it is the right decision and 11 % expresses no opinion.
The Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim 2 stations, with a production capacity of 1,400 megawatts each (owned by E.ON and EnBW respectively), were to be closed together with the third, RWE’s Emsland, on 31 December this year. But now they may be called upon to help if there are shortages in the winter.
Germany: Nuclear power plants out of operation in 2023
Germany’s nuclear power plants were due to shut down at the end of 2023 under a decision made by former Chancellor Angela Merkel after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.
But the impact of the war in Ukraine and the drastic reduction in gas supplies from Russia has caused a major problem in Europe’s largest economy, which has struggled to guarantee that the lights will stay on, businesses will operate normally and homes will stay warm for longer. cold months.
Faced with disagreements in his three-party governing coalition, Chancellor Olaf Solz was forced to decide that the three plants would continue to operate until Saturday 15 April. But critics of the decision emphasize that Germany is turning its back on a cheap and reliable source of energy.
The survey was conducted on April 6 in a representative sample of 1,004 citizens.
Source: iefimerida
Some twenty-four hours before Germany’s last remaining nuclear power plants are to be shut down for good, a poll has indicated that the majority of the country’s citizens oppose the decision.
According to the INSA poll on behalf of the newspaper Bild am Sonntag, 52% of the sample considers it wrong that the three remaining nuclear power plants will be taken off the grid this week, while 37% think it is the right decision and 11 % expresses no opinion.
The Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim 2 stations, with a production capacity of 1,400 megawatts each (owned by E.ON and EnBW respectively), were to be closed together with the third, RWE’s Emsland, on 31 December this year. But now they may be called upon to help if there are shortages in the winter.
Germany: Nuclear power plants out of operation in 2023
Germany’s nuclear power plants were due to shut down at the end of 2023 under a decision made by former Chancellor Angela Merkel after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.
But the impact of the war in Ukraine and the drastic reduction in gas supplies from Russia has caused a major problem in Europe’s largest economy, which has struggled to guarantee that the lights will stay on, businesses will operate normally and homes will stay warm for longer. cold months.
Faced with disagreements in his three-party governing coalition, Chancellor Olaf Solz was forced to decide that the three plants would continue to operate until Saturday 15 April. But critics of the decision emphasize that Germany is turning its back on a cheap and reliable source of energy.
The survey was conducted on April 6 in a representative sample of 1,004 citizens.
Source: iefimerida
