Re: German govt wrong on nuclear withdrawal plan -VDEW

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Subject: German govt wrong on nuclear withdrawal plan -VDEW
From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
Date: 06/19/00 16:10:37

German govt wrong on nuclear withdrawal plan -VDEW
  
FRANKFURT, June 19 (Reuters) - Germany's government-industry 
compromise deal on the fastest shutdown of nuclear power plants in 
Europe is ecologically and economically wrong, the head of the 
Association of German Electricity Suppliers (VDEW) said in a recent 
statement. 

"The opinion of power suppliers on this first step of Germany to 
abandon nuclear energy just decided, is as before, that it is wrong 
for ecological and economic reasons," said VDEW president Guenter 
Marquis. 

"This is true especially in view of the international commitment by 
the German government to carbon dioxide emission reduction and 
climate protection," he added. 

The government reached the accord on June 15 with energy firms Veba 
AG and Viag AG, which have merged to form E.ON AG <VEBG.DE>; with RWE 
AG <RWEG.DE> and with EnBW <EBKG.F>. The compromise sets a total 
production figure for all 19 power plants in Germany of 2,623.3 
terrawatt hours over a theoretical average operational life of 32 
years that it allows for individual reactors, VDEW said. 

According to the deal, companies with nuclear power plants will be 
banned from building new units and must accept that no financial 
compensation will be forthcoming. Waste reprocessing will be banned 
from mid-2005. 

"The agreement lays down the cornerstone of the future operation of 
nuclear power plants in Germany. Now it is important that the promise 
that this operation and the waste management process be undisturbed 
by politics should be kept," said Marquis. 

Companies will have to judge individually how they will phase out 
their plants according to their shareholder and business regulations, 
a VDEW spokesman said. 

"Political leaders have forced this compromise on our members. We 
consider the whole thing is wrong, but we must observe the absolute 
power of politicians," the spokesman told Reuters. "We would have 
preferred an operative license without any time limitatation as we 
had before," he added. 

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