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German parties want utilities to shoulder nuclear shutdown costs
2013-11-14 11:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: German parties negotiating the formation of a coalition government want to make utilities pay more to dismantle their nuclear power plants and protect taxpayers from billions of euros in related costs, documents obtained by Reuters show. Such a move, if adopted by a coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD), would be a blow to E.ON, RWE, Vattenfall and EnBW who have already put aside 30 billion euros in provisions. "A ... fund could be considered to...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical