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The German parliament (Bundestag) will vote on a proposal submitted by the CDU/ CSU faction to extend the reactors’ runtime later this Thursday (7 July), a day packed with votes on many legislative measures that have to be processed before the Bundestag heads off to its annual summer recess until early September. Scholz said his government had responded “comprehensively” to the supply crisis by ordering minimum filling levels for gas storages, reactivating coal plants currently in reserve, new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, state support for energy suppliers and other measures. Alexander Dobrindt of the opposition Christian Social Democrats ( CSU) said fuel rods could be procured if there was the political will for it and that suppliers other than Russia are available.

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“Nobody has proposed a way forward here,” Scholz said with a view to requests by his coalition partner, the Free Democrats ( FDP), to consider an extension. Fuel rods for the remaining reactors would be used up by the end of the year. During question time in parliament, the Social Democrat ( SPD) said his government had assessed the options for extending the runtime beyond the scheduled exit date at the end of 2022 “without any ideology” and come to the conclusion that a longer use of nuclear is not practicable from a technical perspective and would do little to bolster the country’s energy system.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ruled out an extension of the runtime of the country’s three remaining nuclear plants as a way to stabilise the energy system amid an unprecedented supply crisis.

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