German ministries say cannot recommend extending nuclear plants' lifetime


FILE PHOTO: Arrows show the security route in front of the generator of reactor block A at a nuclear powerplant in Biblis, Germany. September 18, 2008. REUTERS/Alex Grimm/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's environment and economy ministries said the cost and risks of keeping the country's few remaining nuclear power plants running longer than planned outweighed the limited possible benefits.

"As a result of weighing up the benefits and risks, an extension of the operating lives of the three remaining nuclear power plants is not recommended, also in view of the current gas crisis," the ministries said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

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