7 nuclear power plants temporarily shut down in Germany
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[I]Germany had decided to prolong the life of its nuclear power plants
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[URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12745899[/URL][quote=BBC News]
[B]Germany has temporarily shut down seven of its nuclear power plants while it reconsiders its nuclear strategy.[/B]
Chancellor Angela Merkel said all reactors that went into operation before 1980 would be taken offline, while safety checks would be carried on the country's remaining plants.
All safety questions would be answered by 15 June, she said.
The decision comes after concerns about radiation leaks at a Japanese plant after last Friday's earthquake.
[B]'Out of order'[/B]
"In light of the situation, we will carry out a safety check of all nuclear plants," said Mrs Merkel.
"Those nuclear power plants which began operation before 1980 will be provisionally shut down for the duration of the moratorium. They will be out of service.
"Safety is the priority. Those are the criteria by which we acted today."
Last year, Germany decided to extend the life of its 17 nuclear power plants by 12 years, but that decision was suspended for three months on Monday.
The government had faced growing pressure for the extension to be scrapped.
More than a quarter of all German electricity comes from nuclear power.
The Swiss government has also suspended decisions on its nuclear programme.
The European Commission is holding a meeting of ministers and experts on Tuesday to discuss the implications of the explosions at Japanese reactors on the European nuclear industry.
Concerns are growing about radiation leaks at a nuclear plant in Japan that has been hit by a third explosion in four days following last week's earthquake and resulting tsunami.
The blast occurred at reactor 2 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant - 250km (155 miles) north-east of Tokyo - which engineers had been trying to stabilise after two other reactors exploded.[/quote]
You feared for the safety checks?
.. Or maybe it was the Germans losing a quarter of their power.
Most of them are really old, so it's a good idea.
:sigh:
You feared that "Germany has temporarily shut down seven of its nuclear power plants while it reconsiders its nuclear strategy"?
I think you took the wrong message from the 'Out of order' byline.
Are they shutting them down all at once?
Power Rations anyone?
Yes, because Germany is prone to earthquakes, and any nuclear reactor is going to end up like Chernobyl...
Holy fuck, Oettinger is an idiot.
Germany isn't exactly earthquake zone though
[quote]The government had faced growing pressure for the extension to be scrapped.[/quote]
Don't give into that bullshit. Are you [i]really[/i] willing to be pushed around by fucking greenpeace?
Great now everybodys going to give up on nuclear power.
God fucking damnit.
[QUOTE=AlphaGunman;28617644]You feared for the safety checks?
.. Or maybe it was the Germans losing a quarter of their power.[/QUOTE]
No, the fact that everyone will be automatically assume that nuclear power is dangerous and such catastrophes are likely to occur, and the fueling of the antinuclear power sentiment.
[QUOTE=Jon27;28617671]Are they shutting them down all at once?
Power Rations anyone?[/QUOTE]
No, not all at once. They only turn off the older one.
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;28617674]Germany isn't exactly earthquake zone though[/QUOTE]
That was the point. Sarcasm.
Regardless of it being in an earthquake zone, the recent events go to show (or are showing) that even modern nations are not immune to the problems of nuclear power.
1/4 of their power, what are they retarded
Idiots. Nuclear energy is probably the greenest and best energy humans have found.
[QUOTE=Skunky;28617705]No, not all at once. They only turn off the older one.[/QUOTE]
Ahh, okay thanks, that's fine then. I was hoping the German Government weren't that fucked up.
[QUOTE=Moose;28617732]1/4 of their power, what are they retarded[/QUOTE]
No. They shut down seven of their 17 nuclear reactors, which the 17 supply a 1/4 of their power.
You do the maths.
Why did they shut them down, they could do the 'safety checks' without that surely
Hypocrisy in my government? Wheres the news?
[QUOTE=MIPS;28617681]Don't give into that bullshit. Are you [i]really[/i] willing to be pushed around by fucking greenpeace?[/QUOTE]
Greenpeace wants to stop Human progress.
Isn't the grid over loaded?
Too bad we can't turn ignorance into energy, there seem to be an unlimited supply of it.
I hope they don't do that shit in Finland, we have the safest nuclear plants in the world. And electricity is expensive even without power shortages.
Who cares if Germany isn't earthquake central, how can it be bad if they just look over their systems and make sure everything is working properly?
Wow this is fucking dumb. Nobody should listen to the wuss protestors. Nuclear power is the safest, renewable, cleanest source of energy you can get (as of yet).
Well, brilliant. I want all the people who are anti-nuclear power to be thrown into the reactor.
Well Germany, you have two choices, either you keep going with nuclear power, or you drop it it for 10 years then find yourself in deep shit and come crawling back to it.
Want to know how to not end up in a situation like Japan? Build more reactors. I bet that would sound crazy to those protesters (then again they probably aren't the brightest), but guess what? If we don't build more, newer reactors we'll be stuck with old ones which are the ones most likely to have problems.
Also, the thread title is a bit misleading.
The main reason the plant in Japan failed was because the Tsunami washed away the backup generators.
I don't think Germany is getting any Tsunamis anytime soon, why are they worried?
What the fuck, seriously.
Massive overreaction or what?
Hurr a nuclear reactor goes wrong when its hit by an earthquake, quick shut ours down!!!
Is that seriously the logic they used??
While I can understand the need to ensure safety etc but this does seem to be a massive knee jerk reaction.
People that think this is dumb are dumb.
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