German officials regret French decision to keep aged nuclear plant running
Spiegel Online
German officials said they regretted state-controlled French energy supplier EDF鈥檚 decision to postpone its decision over the decommissioning of the 40-year-old Fessenheim nuclear plant until at least next year, Spiegel Online reports. Rita Schwarzel眉hr-Sutter, parliamentary state secretary in Germany鈥檚 environment ministry (BMUB), called EDF鈥檚 decision a 鈥渉uge disappointment鈥� and a 鈥渕issed chance鈥�. The Green Party鈥檚 nuclear energy expert Sylvia Kotting-Uhl said keeping the plant near the German border running was an 鈥渁ffront鈥� that showed the nuclear lobby鈥檚 sway over the French government, the article says.
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