<story><title>Germany mulls extending nuclear plants&apos; life-span</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-mulls-extending-nuclear-plants-life-span-economy-minister-2022-02-27/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>urthor</author><text>&amp;quot;Robert Habeck said&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;It is part of my ministry&amp;#x27;s tasks to answer this question. I would not reject it on ideological grounds - but the preliminary examination has shown that it does not help us.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Because the preparations for the shutdowns are already so far advanced that the nuclear power plants could only continue to operate under the highest safety concerns and possibly with fuel supplies that have not yet been secured,&amp;quot; Habeck said.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Unexpectedly, I feel like I have to call fake news on Reuters for this.&lt;p&gt;The headline looks &lt;i&gt;nothing&lt;/i&gt; like what the quotes in the body imply.</text></comment>
<story><title>Germany mulls extending nuclear plants&apos; life-span</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-mulls-extending-nuclear-plants-life-span-economy-minister-2022-02-27/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Traster</author><text>I know this article isn&amp;#x27;t great, but is there anyone on HN who lives in Germany who could explain why there&amp;#x27;s such a scepticism of Nuclear power there? I&amp;#x27;m from the UK and we have largely transitioned away from Nuclear for one clear reason - there was no political appetite to spend a tonne of money on an expensive form of energy that wasn&amp;#x27;t likely to pay off in the current parliamentary term. The german response to Nuclear seems to have been far more extreme though.</text></comment>