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Germany / Keeping Nuclear Online Can Plug Gap Left By Russian Gas, Admits Scholz

By David Dalton
23 August 2022

Senior officials suggest reactors remain an option as winter looms
Keeping Nuclear Online Can Plug Gap Left By Russian Gas, Admits Scholz
German chancellor Olaf Scholz has said there is an option extending reactor operation beyond December, Courtesy Olaf Scholz/Facebook.
Germany may not be able to replace all its imports of Russian natural gas this winter and might resort to keeping its three remaining nuclear power plants online, chancellor Olaf Scholz and economy minister Robert Habeck said at a government open day in Berlin on Sunday (21 August)

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