German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel dismissed as irresponsible speculation from media reports that German energy companies are short of money to deal with a planned exit from nuclear power. Spiegel Online reported on Monday that the companies are short of as much as 30 billion euros ($33.96 billion) of money they need to set aside to build a safe disposal site for nuclear waste as part of the German exit from nuclear power.
At this time, there is irresponsible speculation about the stress test for nuclear energy, Gabriel said in Berlin. Four nuclear power plant operators are being subjected to a financial stress test to ensure their provisions are adequate for the nuclear exit. The current numbers game is no basis for our concrete political action. Just the opposite - there are no results of the stress tests as yet.
E.ON, RWE, EnBW and Vattenfall plants are due to switch off by 2022 deadline set by Chancellor Angela Merkel government after the Fukushima damage caused by tsunamis in Japan in 2011. When was he last tsunami to hit Germany? NEVER. How many people were seriously injured from radiation? ZERO. Is Japan turning their nuclear power plants back on? YES.
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