Germany’s Environment Ministry on Sunday rejected a demand from the state of Bavaria to allow it to continue operating nuclear power plants, saying jurisdiction for such facilities lies with the federal government.
Germany pulled the plug on its last three nuclear power stations on Saturday, ending a six-decade programme, as Berlin enacts a plan to move to fully renewable electricity generation by 2035.
The final wind-down, scheduled for the end of 2022, was delayed last summer to this year after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine prompted Germany to halt Russian fossil fuel imports and raised concerns about energy security supply.
Bild am Sonntag newspaper on Sunday said Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder wanted to ask the federal government to change its nuclear exit law to allow the state to continue to operate the plants under its own jurisdiction.
“Until the crisis is over, and the transition to renewables succeeds, we must use every form of energy by the end of the decade,” Soeder was quoted as saying.
The state is home to Isar II, run by German utility E.ON, which is a 1 400-megawatt (MW) plant, able to power the equivalent of a metropolis. Environment Minister Steffi Lemke said the authorisation for Isar II had expired and restarting its reactor would require a new license.
“It is important to accept the state of the art in science and technology and to respect the decision of the German Bundestag,” Lemke said in a statement sent to Reuters.
Source: Reuters
In other news – DJ Zinhle and Nadia Nakai spend quality time together
South African DJ and businesswoman Ntombezinhle Jiyane, popularly known as DJ Zinhle had fans gushing after she shared a photo with AKA’s girlfriend Nadia Nakai, her daughter Kairo and the Forbes family.
DJ Zinhle’s “baby daddy” Kiernan Jarryd Forbes, popularly known as AKA’s was shot dead outside of Wish restaurant on Florida Road, Durban on 10 February. His friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane was also killed at the same time. Learn more
