Germany to keep last three nuclear-power plants running in policy U-turn

Russia slashed gas exports to Germany by 80% last month (Photo: AFP)Premium
Russia slashed gas exports to Germany by 80% last month (Photo: AFP)
 wsj 5 min read . Updated: 17 Aug 2022, 05:26 PM IST Bojan Pancevski, The Wall Street Journal

Move prompted by the mounting economic war with Russia marks the first departure from a two-decade policy to abandon nuclear energy

BERLIN : Germany plans to postpone the closure of the country’s last three nuclear power plants as it braces for a possible shortage of energy this winter after Russia throttled gas supplies to the country, said German government officials.