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EON mulls lawsuit over German nuclear shutdown: report

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Berlin (AFP) March 17, 2011
German energy giant EON may take legal action against the government after Berlin decided to close seven nuclear reactors for at least three months in light of events in Japan, a report said Thursday.

EON operates two of the reactors shut down: Isar 1 in the southern state of Bavaria and Unterweser in the northwest. Other power firms are considering similar action, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung said.

Following fears of a nuclear disaster in Japan after last week's earthquake and resulting tsunami, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Tuesday the temporary shutdown of Germany's seven oldest nuclear reactors pending a safety probe.

At least one of the reactors was set to be mothballed for good -- Neckarwestheim 1 in the southwest, the country's oldest.

Merkel's decision has come as a bitter pill for the major energy companies in Europe's top economy, EON, RWE, Vattenfall Europe and EnBW.

Spiegel magazine has calculated that the three-month break could cost them a combined half billion euros ($700 million).

According to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, EON lawyers are calling into question the legality of the forced closure, which was pushed through without a parliamentary decision.

However, the paper also cites the German environmental agency, which says the country could do without nine of the controversial reactors.

In fact, Germany will be without eight reactors for the three-month period, with seven shut down by the government and one already out of use due to technical problems.



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