[ RadSafe ] Germany & Nuclear Power

[John Jacobus]

Unless, of course, the government again changes.  The
only thing permanent is change.

--- Maury Siskel <maurysis at ev1.net> wrote:

> When she becomes Chancellor,  Angela Merkel will
> retake Germany from the 
> so-called Greens and at least become friendly again
> with the West. And 
> nuclear power will be preserved, if not expanded at
> last, in Germany. 
> Nice to see one for the white hats for a change.
> Cheers,
> Maury&Dog     (MaurySiskel  maurysis at ev1.net)
> 
>  ===========
> German Utilities May Run Nuclear Power Plants Longer
> Under CDU
> 
> June 8 (Bloomberg) -- Germany's four power-plant
> operators, including 
> E.ON AG and RWE AG, would be allowed to run their
> nuclear power stations 
> longer under a possible government led by the
> Christian Democratic 
> Union, party head Angela Merkel said.
> 
> The CDU would allow utilities to run their nuclear
> power stations as 
> long as it's technically possible and safe, Merkel
> said, speaking at a 
> power industry conference in Berlin today.
> 
> The move would mean scrapping legislation from the
> governing coalition 
> of the Social Democrats and the Green Party, aimed
> at phasing out 
> nuclear power in Europe's largest power market in
> about 20 years. 
> Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is seeking a general
> election on Sept. 18, 
> a year ahead of schedule. Polls show the CDU- led
> opposition has a lead 
> over the governing parties.
> 
> E.ON could earn 4.6 billion euros ($5.7 billion)
> more and RWE 3.4 
> billion euros, if they were allowed to operate their
> nuclear plants for 
> 45 years instead of 32 years, Handelsblatt newspaper
> reported on June 6, 
> citing analysts at Sal Oppenheim.
> 
> Peter Dinkloh in Frankfurt at 
> pdinkloh at bloomberg.net.
> _____________
> A little added perspective from Strategic
> Forecasting 8 JUN 05:
> 
> "... But before one gets too enamored of the idea of
> a pro-American 
> Germany, bear in mind the place makes the person.
> Merkel's personal 
> history constitutes a leading factor explaining her
> Atlanticism. Once 
> she becomes chancellor -- which she probably will --
> she will be 
> speaking for all of Germany, not just East Germany.
> 
> East Germany was an occupied corner of Europe
> seeking to escape Soviet 
> domination. As such, East Germans view themselves as
> needing an external 
> partner for protection.
> 
> Germany proper, however, has no need of protection
> as it occupies a 
> rather benign security environment and boasts
> Europe's largest economy 
> and population. Emerging from occupation, it is now
> attempting to carve 
> out a niche for itself in a changing world.
> 
> A Chancellor Merkel will face harsh resistance from
> a country 
> experiencing its own internal geopolitical split. It
> is not an entity 
> that will reflexively seek to subordinate its
> political and security 
> desires to dictation from an entity on the other
> side of the Atlantic -- 
> no matter what the personal preferences of its
> leader. ..."
> 
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"Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea and never shrinks back to its original proportion." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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