Comment Comment by rob74 > accelerated a preexisting plan in Germany to completely phase out nuclear power by the end of 2022That's a bit misleading. This is how it went:- in 2002, the Social-Democrat/Green (Schröder) government decided to phase out nuclear power by 2021.- in 2010, the Christian-Democrat/Liberal (Merkel) government decided to delay that plan.- in 2011, after Fukushima, they made a U-turn, which led to the current phase-out that will (probably) be completed in 2022.(see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomgesetz_(Deutschland)#Novel... - in German)So Fukushima didn't accelerate the plan, it actually forced the Merkel government to return to the preexisting plan... parent rob74 5 years ago
That's a bit misleading. This is how it went:
- in 2002, the Social-Democrat/Green (Schröder) government decided to phase out nuclear power by 2021.
- in 2010, the Christian-Democrat/Liberal (Merkel) government decided to delay that plan.
- in 2011, after Fukushima, they made a U-turn, which led to the current phase-out that will (probably) be completed in 2022.
(see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomgesetz_(Deutschland)#Novel... - in German)
So Fukushima didn't accelerate the plan, it actually forced the Merkel government to return to the preexisting plan...