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  • Germany puts two nuclear plants on standby in energy U-turn

    09/05/2022 11:29:46 PM PDT · by Widget Jr · 49 replies
    Radio France Internationale ^ | September 5, 2022 | Berlin (AFP)
    Berlin (AFP) – Germany said Monday it would keep two nuclear plants on standby beyond the end of the year in a policy U-turn, as the shut-off of Russian gas supplies sends Europe scrambling for energy sources.Following a new network stress test, two of the three remaining power plants would "remain available until mid-April 2023 in case needed", Economy Minister Robert Habeck said in a statement.The move partly delays a nuclear exit planned under former chancellor Angela Merkel.The plants would be kept in reserve to potentially "make a further contribution to the electricity grid in southern Germany", where the development...