Posts Tagged ‘Angela Merkel’

German nuclear lobby sets out post-election plan

May 12th, 2009

FRANKFURT, May 12 (Reuters) - Germany’s nuclear power industry lobby is ready to discuss plans to reverse the country’s atomic exit programme with any new government after the Sept. 27 national elections, it said on Tuesday.
The group called the Atomic Forum said power station operators were prepared to make concessions in exchange to gain [...]

Eastern Europe looks to nuclear revival to meet its power needs

October 30th, 2008

By Judy Dempsey
Published: October 29, 2008
BERLIN: From the Baltic to Bulgaria, governments in Eastern Europe are increasingly looking toward a revival of nuclear power generation to meet growing energy demand.
The renewed interest in nuclear energy in a region that has been under intense pressure from the European Union to close unsafe older-generation plants coincides with [...]

In Eastern Europe, a Nuclear Answer to Energy Dependence ENERGY

October 29th, 2008

From the Baltic to Bulgaria, governments in Eastern Europe are increasingly looking toward a revival of nuclear power generation to meet growing energy demand.
The renewed interest in nuclear energy in a region that has been under intense pressure from the European Union to close unsafe older- generation plants coincides with a lively debate in [...]