Merkel return signals longer nuclear life

Article reports that Angela Merkel’s new government may claw back billions of euros of windfall profits from German utilities in exchange for a stay of execution for the country’s nuclear power plants.

ESO: Background information: Election boosts German nuclear stocks http://www.europeansources.info/record/election-boosts-german-nuclear-stocks/

Spiegel Online International, 10.10.09: Merkel's New Coalition Agrees to Extend Nuclear Reactor Lifetimes http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,654218,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 15.10.09: Problems Plague Launch of 'Safer' Next-Generation Reactors http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,655409,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 15.10.09: Next German government agrees to keep nuclear power plants http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4793966,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 5.10.09: Nuclear Poker Heats Up in Berlin http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,653302,00.html

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