2022 'good time' for Germany to end nuclear power: Merkel Andechs, Germany (AFP) May 21, 2011 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that 2022 was "a good time" for Germany to end nuclear power, backing a proposal by the Bavarian wing of her party. She described as "an important contribution" the scenario set out by the Christian Social Union at a meeting in the southern town of Andechs. The centre-right government is to set out its strategy by the beginning of June and agree draft legislation at a cabinet meeting on June 7 or 15. Following the earthquake and tsunami which wrecked the Japanese nuclear plant of Fukushima in March, Merkel ordered the closure for three months of Germany's seven oldest reactors. She also announced a moratorium for the same period of an earlier decision by her government to extend the lifetime of Germany's 17 reactors by an average of 12 years.
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TEPCO's bumbling president calls it a day Tokyo (AFP) May 20, 2011 Masataka Shimizu's resignation as president of the Tokyo Electric Power Company marked an ignominious end to an otherwise stellar career at the utility spanning 43 years. The 66-year-old announced Friday he would shoulder responsibility for the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant as the company booked one of the largest yearly losses in Japanese corporate history. His decision ... read more |
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