Breakthrough possible on German N-power exit

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Breakthrough possible on German N-power exit-source
  
BERLIN, June 2 (Reuters) - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has pencilled 
in a meeting next Thursday with leaders of Germany's nuclear energy 
providers that is seen as offering a breakthrough on a long-stalled 
policy to withdraw from nuclear power, a source said. 

Anxious to avoid possible compensation claims, Schroeder has insisted 
the pull-out be handled in consensus with the industry, which 
provides around a third of the country's energy needs. 

But while Germany's four main nuclear operators insist the withdrawal 
must be spread over at least 35 years of each of the 19 current 
plants' operational lifespans, the government wants the move done 
closer to 30 years. 

``The meeting is planned but not yet definite,'' a government source 
told Reuters, adding that whether it went ahead depended on how 
likely it was that a deal could be reached. 

The four firms directly involved are Veba, Viag, RWE and EnBW. 

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