Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - Baden-Württemberg's Environment Minister Thekla Walker (Greens) sees open questions after the announcement by Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) that two of the three remaining nuclear power plants in Germany should serve as emergency reserves by mid-April - including Neckarwestheim in Baden -Wuerttemberg. "We will discuss how to proceed with the federal government tomorrow and in the next few days and clarify security aspects in particular," said Walker, according to a statement on Monday evening.
To ensure a secure power supply in the coming winter, it could make sense to keep the two nuclear power plants available if necessary, Walker said. It is about a limited period of time and a bridging in a difficult time. "There will be no re-entry into this immensely expensive, high-risk technology." The safety of people and the environment is the top priority in every decision.
It was actually intended that the remaining Meiler Isar 2 in Lower Bavaria, Emsland in Lower Saxony and Neckarwestheim 2 in Baden-Württemberg would go offline at the end of the year. Because Russia is supplying less gas and in view of the sharp rise in energy prices, there have been discussions in Germany for months about a possible longer operation of the three remaining nuclear power plants.
