Economics Minister Robert Habeck (53, The Greens) Photo: picture alliance/dpa
From the BZ editorial team
Robert Habeck takes a step back: The Economics Minister expects two nuclear power plants in Germany to continue operating beyond the end of the year.
“As of today, I think it’s necessary,” said the Green politician on Tuesday evening in Berlin. He referred to the situation in France, where many nuclear power plants cannot run due to maintenance work.
The situation there continued to deteriorate in view of the winter. “Today I have to say that the data from France suggest that we will call up the reserve,” said Habeck.
Then the Neckarwestheim 2 and Isar 2 nuclear power plants would have to run beyond the planned end at the end of the year. For technical reasons, the final decision must be made in December for Isar 2 at the latest, for Neckarwestheim this is also possible at the beginning of the year. The nuclear power plants should run until mid-April 2023 at the latest.
Actually, as part of the nuclear phase-out, the last three nuclear power plants should be shut down at the end of the year. According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, this should continue to apply to the Lingen reactor in Emsland.