- Coburg/Bamberg: Greens relieved about nuclear phase-out
- “Great Exuberance”: Johannes Wagner (Greens) expresses himself
- “Dirtier and more expensive”: Thomas Silberhorn (CSU) with criticism
The last three nuclear power plants have been idle since the weekend. While some are happy, others are wondering whether this will increase electricity prices and ensure that the power supply remains secure. The Coburg Member of Parliament Johannes Wagner (Greens) celebrated the historical event in Berlin at a party. “It’s over and done with. Yesterday (April 15, 2023) I was at one Nuclear phase-out party in Berlin – It’s amazing how long the anti-nuclear movement has worked and how many solar engineers it has produced. The energy transition can no longer be stopped!” He wrote on social networks the following day. Also a party friend Lisa Badum (Bamberg constituency) is relieved.
Green MPs from Coburg and Bamberg are happy about the nuclear phase-out: “Great relief”
It was a “rather big celebration”, explains Wagner on Tuesday (April 18, 2023) in an interview inFranken.de. More than 100 people from various parties – in addition to the Greens, also SPD and Union members – as well as former members of the Bundestag were there. According to Wagner, one of the two organizers is a CDU member. After a “long round of introductions”, many of those present reported, for example, on their demo experiences or told where they were during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.
“At 12:00 a.m. we counted down and toasted”, reports Wagner. In addition to his party colleagues, many actors had fought “for years” for the nuclear phase-out. “For us Greens, that was one of the reasons for founding the company,” explains the medical graduate. He himself has spoken out in favor of renewable energies and against the risk of nuclear power since he became involved with the party. He is also a member of the club “ippnw”in which doctors advocate nuclear disarmament.
At the party be with many people “great relief, joy, happiness and great exuberance” been felt. The nuclear phase-out “The clear motivation to go fully into renewables” and “not to leave further nuclear waste to future generations”, according to Wagner. Also Party colleague Lisa Badum (representative of the Bamberg constituency) comments on the nuclear phase-out on social media and is pleased: “It is a beautiful day and I’m happy to have been a part of the exit movement.” But for all the joy, there is also critical voices.
“It’s getting dirtier and more expensive”: Bamberg’s CSU politician criticizes the nuclear phase-out
Thomas Silberhorn, CSU member of the Bundestag for the constituency of Bamberg, sees major problems in phasing out nuclear power at this point in time: “The electricity that is lost will not be replaced by renewable energies, but by ramping up the coal-fired power plants. So it gets dirtier and more expensive“, he says in a video on social media. But he emphasizes: “Of course we have to switch to renewable energies, of course we have to get out of fossil fuels because fossil deposits are finite. That also applies to uranium.” However, in view of the current energy crisis care must be taken to ensure that “the energy supply remains secure, that it remains affordable and that it is ecologically clean.”
When asked what Johannes Wagner nuclear phase-out critics would reply, the Coburg Greens deputy replies: “It is important not only to look at the current operation”, which is “by no means 100 percent secure”. Nuclear mining is harmful to the environment Renewable energies are far cheaper and safer than nuclear power. “The myth persists that nuclear power is particularly cheap. The opposite is the case. An international comparison shows that the cost of one kilowatt hour of nuclear power is up to four times higher than the cost of one kilowatt hour of wind or solar energy.” it on the Website of the Bündnis90/Die Grünen parliamentary group.
Terrorist attacks on nuclear plants would also have “catastrophic consequences”explains the in Coburg living member of the Bundestag Wagner continues. Another problem is the storage of nuclear waste dar: “We have in Germany no repositorywhere the garbage can be stored.” Finally, Wagner states: “It is always the state that is liable for the risk, there is not a single insurance company that insures nuclear power plants.” Meanwhile, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) is thinking aloud about it Reconstruction of a reactor for research into nuclear fusion in Bavaria.
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