7 Apr (NucNet): A German regional court in Bonn has dismissed a €261 million ($296m) compensation claim by German utility EnBW over the forced shut-down of its reactor fleet in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident, a statement by the court said yesterday.
The court said EnBW’s claim was turned down, because the company did not use “all legal means available” to interrupt the shut-down process at the time.
In December 2014, EnBW said it would seek damages over a government policy to take nuclear power stations offline after a powerful earthquake in March 2011 resulted in a tsunami, which severely damaged the Fukushima-Daiichi power station in Japan.
The company said at the time it would file a claim for damages against the German government and the state of Baden-Württemberg with a regional court in Bonn, seeking a low three-digit million euro sum.
The claim was for damage, which EnBW incurred as a consequence of the “unlawful directives” concerning the Philippsburg-1 and Neckarwestheim-1 reactors.
EnBW has one month to appeal against the judgment to a higher court instance based in Cologne, the statement said.
