A letter to the employees of the former nuclear power plant operator PreussenElektra brings new impetus to the nuclear power issue, at the center of which is Economics Minister Robert Habeck. His statement that the council of operators convinced him to shut down the nuclear power plants upset PreussenElektra.
“We as PreussenElektra have always shown ourselves to be open to examining and implementing continued operations and have articulated this wherever possible,” says an internal email from PreussenElektra to its employees, which “Bild” reports.
“Significantly shortened”: Internal email from nuclear power plant operator gets Habeck in trouble
The nuclear power plant situation is presented by Habeck in a “significantly shortened manner” and “essential arguments that prove the feasibility of continued operation are ignored”. It gives the “impression that we have fundamentally closed ourselves off to long-term continued operations. We can’t let this stand!”
PreussenElektra’s clear conclusion: “Our offer to examine and implement the continued operation of KKI2 (Isar 2 nuclear power plant, editor’s note) stood. However, there was a lack of the necessary political will to do so, which is also evidenced by the prompt publication of the ministerial audit report.”
Spokesperson for the Habeck Ministry remains consistent with the presentation
Eon, the parent company of PreussenElektra, also confirms the statement about the Isar 2 nuclear power plant. “We made it clear throughout the debate that we could technically and logistically enable the power plant to continue to operate if the federal government wanted this,” the energy company told “Bild “ announce.
However, when asked, a spokeswoman for Habeck’s ministry stuck to the original statement. “At the end of February/beginning of March 2022, the statement from EnBW, Eon and RWE was that stretch operation would not produce any additional amounts of electricity.” The nuclear power plants would therefore have either had to reduce electricity generation in 2022 or the systems would have had to be shut down in order to be able to operate in the winter of 2022/23 to be available.
