Who pays for the Atom-Contaminated sites?

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Who pays for the Atom-Contaminated sites?

Who pays how much for the Legacy from the operation of the German nuclear power plants? Until the end of February will be a Commission, used by the government to make suggestions. Properly agreed, it has not yet.

Nuclear Power Plant Brokdorf

That is, whoever has the bill has to take is really expensive. The
Panel of experts, at the beginning of the week in Berlin, and again met and largely ineffectual apart went, estimates the cost for the decommissioning of the German nuclear power plants and the storage of spent nuclear fuel to around 48 billion Euro. And that is an estimate on the basis of 2014. Pessimists estimate that the cost to the end of the century even at 170 billion euros. The are Horrorzahlen.

The four German nuclear power companies had to achieve this in the many decades of the operation of the Kernanlangen establish reserves, to about 38 billion euros are raised. So there is definitely a gap, and this is precisely the order of from 19 persons existing
“Commission on the Review of the funding of the Kernenergieausstiegs” (KFK). You should make sure that the corporations will not be exonerated from the responsibility, but also their “economic Survival” in mind. And the corporations
Eon, RWE, EnBW and Vattenfall, is it not good, not good. Also, because you Share the energy transition to late-calculable, her stock value dropped. Until the end of February, the Commission wants proposals have. A lot of time is no more.

Borne by the taxpayers of the additional costs?

Ex-Environment Minister Jürgen Trittin (Green)

And so looks like so far the Plan is: For the decommissioning and Dismantling of nuclear power plants are liable to the corporations. For the interim and final storage of radiant dust establishes the state Fund, the industry pays – how much? Open. A formulation is that the corporations only up to a certain height (size: Unknown) and then the state of any additional costs.

The ranges of the environmental organizations already, to warn: “The liability of the operator for the caused by them radioactive Contaminated sites are not negotiable”, said the chief of the Umweltverbandes WAISTBAND, Hubert Refuses. And Andree Boehling of Greenpeace added: “the cause is not completely out of the liability to take, just because it goes bad.” In fact, it would according to the principle of the entire bill at the corporations that remain, but it will certainly not come.

Whether the Commission even agreed? Of tough negotiations is to listen. No wonder, when you look at the composition is considered: Jürgen Trittin, former environment Minister of the Green, is one of three Chairman. With his name is the first nuclear phase-out under the red-green government 14 years, he has always been considered a clear opponent of nuclear energy. But also Gerald Hennenhöfer is, earlier in the Ministry of environment, for nuclear safety is responsible. Especially at those times when the CDU, the Department of led. In between, he was again in the service of the nuclear power companies. Up to date he is an ardent supporter of nuclear power. And also Ulrich Grillo, President of the Federal Association of German industry, probably a good word for the corporations to insert.

Nuclear power since the 2011 final in front Of the

Finland is building in Onkalo, the world’s first nuclear waste repositories

2002 decided the red-green government with the Minister Trittin, for the first time, to withdraw from nuclear energy and earned angry protests from the CDU, the FDP and the industry. As the Union and the FDP from 2009 to the governed, extended the new government first of all maturities at that time, about 20 German nuclear power plants until the nuclear accident at Fukushima, almost exactly five years ago, everything changed: In a stunning role backwards announced German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) for the final Out, until 2022 all German reactors off the grid.

That at the end of the state many billions on the table must have for the radiant Legacy seems to be clear. This also fits this message: The EU Commission complained that the EU States have far too little money set aside to Dismantling and disposal to be done. Total would be almost € 270 billion needed distance, but were only about 150 billion euros.