Gas Dispute Reignites Atomic Energy Debate

Economics Minister Michael Glos suggested Germany could backtrack on its decision to stop using nuclear power as natural gas companies reported disruptions in supplies from Russia due to the Moscow-Kiev gas dispute.

Germany should rethink what can be done to make the country less dependent on foreign energy sources, Glos said in an interview with WDR radio. He said that nuclear power and coal could be alternatives. Germany’s nuclear power plants were “sentenced to be shut down for political reasons” by the previous Social Democratic-Green party governing coalition, he added.

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