Berlin. .- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has admitted having been an "advocate" of nuclear energy to Fukushima catastrophe and called for "new thinking" on national energy model to achieve quickly abandon atomic energy. These statements by the German head of government took place in his usual visual message on Saturday and just one day after being held in Berlin, a national energy summit, which unanimously advocated the "blackout" nuclear.
"I was always an advocate of atomic energy," said Merkel, then to recognize that their opinion "has changed" after seeing that the security plans of a nuclear power plant in a highly developed country "are not enough" . "For that reason, I think we also in Germany to rethink (the energy model) and try to quickly achieve a good and reasonable energy supply without nuclear power," continued the chancellor.
Merkel stressed that the "blackout" German nuclear will not be at the expense of importing other countries' atomic energy "and if so, would not have done anything for security." The key to the future German energy plan will be renewable and alternative energies, he said. The new national energy strategy, according to the chancellor, to be drawn while maintaining security of supply, price stability, jobs in energy intensive businesses and respect the environment.
Merkel's executive approved late last year a plan to extend the life of the country's 17 nuclear plants, but reversed the chancellor shortly after the accident Fukushima nuclear. The federal government declared a moratorium of three months to review the safety of its nuclear facilities and pre-emptively arrested seven older.
German energy policy will depend on these "stress test" to be undertaken by a technical committee and the report of a working group of ethics, which studies the possible alternatives to the rapid development of renewable energy, among others. Their studies will be presented in the second half of May, after which the Government will discuss with federal and state energy companies, to then bring a proposal to the Legislature.
The Social Democrat-Green government of Merkel's predecessor, Gerhard Schröder, negotiated in 2000 with the industry a phasing plan for atomic energy, so the last reactor was shut down than in 2022. The center-right coalition of Merkel struck with great political and social controversy that covenant, and prolonged the lives of nuclear plants between 8 and 14. 
"I was always an advocate of atomic energy," said Merkel, then to recognize that their opinion "has changed" after seeing that the security plans of a nuclear power plant in a highly developed country "are not enough" . "For that reason, I think we also in Germany to rethink (the energy model) and try to quickly achieve a good and reasonable energy supply without nuclear power," continued the chancellor.
Merkel stressed that the "blackout" German nuclear will not be at the expense of importing other countries' atomic energy "and if so, would not have done anything for security." The key to the future German energy plan will be renewable and alternative energies, he said. The new national energy strategy, according to the chancellor, to be drawn while maintaining security of supply, price stability, jobs in energy intensive businesses and respect the environment.
Merkel's executive approved late last year a plan to extend the life of the country's 17 nuclear plants, but reversed the chancellor shortly after the accident Fukushima nuclear. The federal government declared a moratorium of three months to review the safety of its nuclear facilities and pre-emptively arrested seven older.
German energy policy will depend on these "stress test" to be undertaken by a technical committee and the report of a working group of ethics, which studies the possible alternatives to the rapid development of renewable energy, among others. Their studies will be presented in the second half of May, after which the Government will discuss with federal and state energy companies, to then bring a proposal to the Legislature.
The Social Democrat-Green government of Merkel's predecessor, Gerhard Schröder, negotiated in 2000 with the industry a phasing plan for atomic energy, so the last reactor was shut down than in 2022. The center-right coalition of Merkel struck with great political and social controversy that covenant, and prolonged the lives of nuclear plants between 8 and 14.
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