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Nuclear power plants shut down in Germany [or are they, BBC?]
BBC ^
| 3.15.2011
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Posted on 03/15/2011 5:41:47 AM PDT by wolfcreek
Germany has temporarily shut down seven of its nuclear power plants while it reconsiders its nuclear strategy.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said all reactors that went into operation before 1980 would be taken offline, while safety checks would be carried on the country's remaining plants.
All safety questions would be answered by 15 June, she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fearmongering
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posted on
03/15/2011 5:41:48 AM PDT
by
wolfcreek
To: wolfcreek
They have tsunamis in Germany? Who knew?
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posted on
03/15/2011 5:42:25 AM PDT
by
RangerM
(In Obamanomics, the Japanese Tsunami would be called a stimulus.)
To: wolfcreek
The insanity begins. 1700s here we come.
3
posted on
03/15/2011 5:42:44 AM PDT
by
PennsylvaniaMom
(Newt Gingrich, he would rather sit on a couch with Nancy Pelosi, than stand with Sarah Palin.)
To: wolfcreek
I just hope the panic mongers are happy.
4
posted on
03/15/2011 5:42:56 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: RangerM
Apparently only political ones.
5
posted on
03/15/2011 5:43:16 AM PDT
by
PennsylvaniaMom
(Newt Gingrich, he would rather sit on a couch with Nancy Pelosi, than stand with Sarah Palin.)
To: wolfcreek
Hey Merkel!
WHy don’t you STOP BREATHING, while you wait for the results from your physical?
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posted on
03/15/2011 5:45:09 AM PDT
by
G Larry
To: wolfcreek
Russia will love this. Germany will have to buy more gas and oil from Uncle Joe. Maybe the leftist greens in Germany want to drive everyone into Putin's arms. This will also make Germany compliant with Russia's expansionist agenda.
7
posted on
03/15/2011 5:46:54 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: wolfcreek
I understand reviewing safety procedures, but a total shutdown seems like a bit much. Especially since Germany doesn't get earthquakes or tsunamis.
8
posted on
03/15/2011 5:47:43 AM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: RangerM
Yea, it’s amazing how the real reason that the plant in Japan crashed seems to escape most people.
9
posted on
03/15/2011 5:47:47 AM PDT
by
Falcon4.0
To: wolfcreek
What a laughable over-reaction.
10
posted on
03/15/2011 5:48:08 AM PDT
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Public employee unions are the barbarian hordes of our time.)
To: wolfcreek
Reported differently in Wall Street Journal.
German Min: Nuclear Decision 1st Response To Japan Incidents
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110314-710440.html
MARCH 14, 2011, 1:01 P.M
German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen said Monday that the government's decision to impose a three-month moratorium on the extension of the operating lives of nuclear power plants is a “first adequate response” to the nuclear crisis in Japan.
...
The operating lives of older nuclear power plants will also addressed during that review, he said.
The 840-megawatt reactor Neckarwestheim 1 operated by German utility EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG (EBK.XE) is the only power plant that will have to be shut down due to the moratorium, Roettgen said.
excerpted...
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posted on
03/15/2011 5:48:24 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer (biblein90days.org))
To: wolfcreek
I don’t like nuclear power but, this seems a bit extreme.
12
posted on
03/15/2011 5:48:26 AM PDT
by
MsLady
(Be the kind of woman that when you get up in the morning, the devil says, "Oh crap, she's UP !!")
To: GonzoGOP
My thoughts exactly, this is insane.
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posted on
03/15/2011 5:49:13 AM PDT
by
MsLady
(Be the kind of woman that when you get up in the morning, the devil says, "Oh crap, she's UP !!")
To: wolfcreek
Oh good grief. If there is a car accident, you don’t ban cars, you learn from it and make them stronger. The Greens are eating this up and using this tragedy to push their agenda.
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posted on
03/15/2011 5:49:13 AM PDT
by
mnehring
To: wolfcreek
nuclear OVER-REACTOR meltdown
Yes, Germany must prepare for a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami
hey, it could happen
??
15
posted on
03/15/2011 5:50:49 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
To: wolfcreek
Pure, unmitigated, insanity...
Japan’s plants are facing a SHTF natural catastrophic trigger event.
Japan’s plants are not “melting down” due to some routine malfunction.
16
posted on
03/15/2011 5:51:01 AM PDT
by
EBH
( Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute.)
To: wolfcreek
IIRC, it was Limbaugh who asked yesterday, ‘how many CFL bulbs were broken during the Japanese earthquake?’
Maybe Germany should shut down all electric to sockets housing CFL bulbs, so those bulbs can be inspected for safety.
But... even here in the good ole USofA, last week Senator Lieberman was calling for a halt to nuclear plant construction. [He didn't realize, apparently, that we haven't put a new reactor on-line since about 1995.]
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posted on
03/15/2011 5:51:13 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: Truth29
The Greens shutting down German nuclear power. Soros’ minions quoted by the MSM on the dangers of nuclear power. Gee, am I seeing a pattern here? Nah. Couldn’t be.
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posted on
03/15/2011 5:51:16 AM PDT
by
Pecos
(Liberty and Honor will not die on my watch.)
To: cripplecreek
I could see this as err on the side of caution but,it makes one wonder what future geologic disturbance they have in mind.
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posted on
03/15/2011 5:51:19 AM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
To: wolfcreek
This is simply amazing. Talk about a severe over reaction! What the hell are we all supposed to do? Buy horses and sit in the dark?
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posted on
03/15/2011 5:52:12 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(Protect and Defend America! End the practice of islam on our shores before it's too late!)
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