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The latter is not true. http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/nuclear/swedish-energy-giant-vattenfall-nets-billions-for-nuclear-phaseout http://spectrum.i
by johansch 11y ago
The latter is not true.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/nuclear/swedish-energy-giant-vattenfall-nets-billions-for-nuclear-phaseout http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/nuclear/swedish-e...
"Japan's Fukushima disaster in 2011 precipitated Germany’s "Atomausstieg" (nuclear exit), a program to close down all German nuclear plants by 2021. The eight oldest nuclear power stations were closed down immediately. Two of these power plants are owned by the Swedish state-owned energy giant Vattenfall, which also operates power plants in several other European countries.
In 2012 Vattenfall filed suit at the Washington-based International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), demanding $6 billion in compensation."
- kaybe 11y agoNot quite. It was decided in 2000 to stop building new plants and phase out the existing ones. In 2010, the phase-out period was increased by 8-14 years. Then, in 2011, this increase was undone again. So it was mainly about how long the remaining plants are being kept online. (see here (German) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomausstieg#Deutschland https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomausstieg#Deutschland )