BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – Unlike the SPD leadership, Brandenburg’s Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke has shown himself open to extending the life of nuclear power plants for a short time if necessary in view of an impending gas shortage. “The last nuclear power plants will go offline on December 31, 2022. They currently account for around six percent of our electricity supply. If this date is extended by three or four months in order to be able to save gas, then this must be discussed seriously and free of ideology,” said Woidke of the German Press Agency in Potsdam.
Against the background of the unclear disposal of nuclear waste, however, he sees no future for German nuclear energy in the medium and long term. Much of the fuel rods come from Russia, Woidke added.
The head of government had previously said to the “Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung”: “The Federal Minister of Economics must check whether short-term continued operation for several months can help in the acute emergency. We shouldn’t rule anything out from the outset today.”
The traffic light coalition is increasingly arguing about longer operating times for the three remaining nuclear power plants in Germany. SPD and Greens have rejected a proposal to that effect by FDP parliamentary group leader Christian Dürr. Union politicians have also been calling for nuclear power plants to be allowed to run beyond the end of the year because of an impending gas shortage. Environmental groups, on the other hand, spoke of a “sham debate”./mow/DP/stk
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