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Dan Yurman covers political and economic news on nuclear energy and nonproliferation issues.

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  • German greens reject nuclear fund for renewables

    Maybe they want a better offer than $56 billion? German Chancellor Andrea Merkel and her conservative Christian  Democrats (CDU), think they have a plan to save Germany's nuclear power plants from being shut down.  It is to extend their life by diverting some of the profits from the sale of electricity into a fund to buy down the higher costs of wind and solar power.  The plan would...
  • Merkel swings for the fences

    It's showdown time for the Conservatives and Social Democrats over nuclear energy Baseball and German electoral politics aren't a combination you would ordinarily think of, despite the popularity of brats at most stadiums, but this week German Chancellor Angela Merkel might just as well have been standing at home plate in Yankee Stadium swinging for the fences against a 100 mph fastball. She's...
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