Germany at 40% nuke capacity, no issues

Germany at 40% nuke capacity, no issues
Berlin (UPI) May 9, 2011 - Only 10 out of the 21 nuclear reactors in Germany are currently running and there haven't been any power outages, suggesting that government plans to drop nuclear could be realized quicker than expected. In March, at the height of the nuclear crisis in Japan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to shut down for three months seven of Germany's oldest reactors to test their safety, ad ... more

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