https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Bavarian village of Gundremmingen is so proud of its nuclear power station that its coat of arms is graced with a giant golden atom. https://www.thelocal.de/20210305/why-germanys-nuclear-exit-is-posing-tough-questions-about-its-energy-future Fri, 05 Mar 2021 10:14:56 +0100 why-germanys-nuclear-exit-is-posing-tough-questions-about-its-energy-future German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, is visiting Tehran to try and convince his Iranian counterpart and career diplomat Javad Zarif to stay in 2015 nuclear deal after discoveries of increasing tensions within the country by the UN atomic watchdog. https://www.thelocal.de/20190610/german-foreign-minister-negotiates-nuclear-deal-with-irans Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:54:27 +0200 german-foreign-minister-negotiates-nuclear-deal-with-irans Germany would lend its weight to a diplomatic push to end North Korean nuclear weapons and missile development along the lines of a past deal with Iran, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170910/north-korea-germany-open-to-iran-style-talks Sun, 10 Sep 2017 16:29:16 +0200 north-korea-germany-open-to-iran-style-talks Power companies in Germany stand to gain billions in refunds from the government after the country's top court declared Wednesday that a nuclear fuel tax was illegal. https://www.thelocal.de/20170607/germany-ordered-to-pay-energy-companies-billions-over-illegal-nuclear-tax Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:15:57 +0200 germany-ordered-to-pay-energy-companies-billions-over-illegal-nuclear-tax The French government on Sunday published a decree for closing the country's oldest nuclear plant, fulfilling a campaign-trail pledge made by President Francois Hollande, who is now in the final weeks of office. https://www.thelocal.de/20170409/france-enshrines-decision-to-close-oldest-nuclear-plant Sun, 09 Apr 2017 16:19:12 +0200 france-enshrines-decision-to-close-oldest-nuclear-plant The German environment minister has demanded answers from the Swiss authorities after the Leibstadt nuclear reactor in the canton of Aargau near the German border was switched off on Friday night, just seven hours after being restarted following a six months shutdown. https://www.thelocal.de/20170220/questions-asked-after-swiss-nuclear-reactor-is-restarted-and-then-shut-down-again Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:28:05 +0100 questions-asked-after-swiss-nuclear-reactor-is-restarted-and-then-shut-down-again Germany's Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that energy companies have a right to compensation after the government ordered the shutdown of all the country's nuclear power plants in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster. https://www.thelocal.de/20161206/judges-germany-must-pay-nuclear-firms-compensation Tue, 06 Dec 2016 11:59:20 +0100 judges-germany-must-pay-nuclear-firms-compensation Germany on Wednesday paved the way for nuclear power plant operators to pay €23.5 billion towards managing atomic waste, in a deal critics say lets firms get off too lightly. https://www.thelocal.de/20161019/germany-approves-controversial-nuclear-waste-deal Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:46:22 +0200 germany-approves-controversial-nuclear-waste-deal A hoped-for export bonanza has failed to materialize a year after a deal to lift international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, a German industry association told AFP Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160809/german-firms-iran-exports-trade-sanctions Tue, 09 Aug 2016 11:08:33 +0200 german-firms-iran-exports-trade-sanctions Germany may not have a final storage facility for its nuclear waste up and running until the next century, an expert report released on Tuesday suggested. https://www.thelocal.de/20160706/germany-may-wait-100-years-for-nuclear-waste-storage-site Wed, 06 Jul 2016 11:29:09 +0200 germany-may-wait-100-years-for-nuclear-waste-storage-site A former engineer at one of Germany’s nuclear reactors has made an astonishing claim: that the plant intentionally pumped radioactive waste into the atmosphere in 1986. https://www.thelocal.de/20160520/german-nuclear-plant-pumped-radioactive-waste-into-air Fri, 20 May 2016 18:16:56 +0200 german-nuclear-plant-pumped-radioactive-waste-into-air A computer virus has been found in a nuclear power plant in Bavaria, but the power plant insists it does not pose a risk to the public or workers at the plant. https://www.thelocal.de/20160426/computer-virus-found-in-bavarian-nuclear-plant Tue, 26 Apr 2016 20:07:16 +0200 computer-virus-found-in-bavarian-nuclear-plant Belgium on Wednesday rejected a request by Germany to shutter two ageing nuclear plants near their shared border, arguing the facilities met with the strictest safety standards. https://www.thelocal.de/20160420/germany-spars-with-belgium-over-ageing-nuclear-plants Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:40:29 +0200 germany-spars-with-belgium-over-ageing-nuclear-plants Workers at two nuclear power plants in western Germany submitted fake reports of their checks on radiation meters, it emerged this week. https://www.thelocal.de/20160415/safety-checks-faked-at-two-nuclear-plants Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:03:47 +0200 safety-checks-faked-at-two-nuclear-plants Three energy giants Tuesday went to Germany's top court to challenge the decision by Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to phase out nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster five years ago. https://www.thelocal.de/20160315/energy-giants-merkel-stole-our-assets-with-nuclear-shutdown Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:13:58 +0100 energy-giants-merkel-stole-our-assets-with-nuclear-shutdown German power giant E.ON on Wednesday said it booked a €7.0 billion ($7.7-billion) net loss in 2015 and warned that "the course ahead will be tougher and longer than anticipated". https://www.thelocal.de/20160309/global-warming-policies-slash-energy-giants-profits Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:55:37 +0100 global-warming-policies-slash-energy-giants-profits France is to close down its oldest nuclear power plant, at the centre of a row with neighbouring Germany and Switzerland, by the end of this year, a green minister said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160306/frances-oldest-nuke-plant-to-close-this-year Sun, 06 Mar 2016 20:09:05 +0100 frances-oldest-nuke-plant-to-close-this-year The July 2015 agreement officially entered into force after key United Nations confirmation that Tehran has shrunk its atomic programme, triggering the lifting of painful international sanctions on the Islamic republic. https://www.thelocal.de/20160117/germany-hails-iran-nuclear-compliance-historic-success-for-diplomacy Sun, 17 Jan 2016 15:23:31 +0100 germany-hails-iran-nuclear-compliance-historic-success-for-diplomacy The US Air Force planned to drop 91 atomic bombs in and around East Berlin in the event of the Cold War turning hot, documents released on Wednesday showed. https://www.thelocal.de/20151223/usaf-planned-systematic-destruction-of-east-berlin Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:04:50 +0100 usaf-planned-systematic-destruction-of-east-berlin Scientists in Germany said Thursday they had reached a milestone in a quest to derive energy from nuclear fusion, billed as a potentially limitless, safe and cheap source. https://www.thelocal.de/20151211/german-scientists-make-big-stride-towards-fusion Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:15:58 +0100 german-scientists-make-big-stride-towards-fusion