U.S. companies have been assessing the feasibility and costs of restarting Germany’s decommissioned nuclear power plants, Bild reported on May 23.
This week, politicians and nuclear energy advocates met in Berlin to discuss the feasibility of reactivating the country’s mothballed plants. Among them was U.S. nuclear engineer Mark Nelson, founder of Radiant Energy Group, who has been analyzing how quickly and affordably a nuclear restart could happen.
“There’s no cheaper way to generate electricity anywhere in the world than with your fully paid-off nuclear plants,” Nelson told Bild. Backed by a consortium of investors, he believes that nine German reactors could be brought back online. Arguments that nuclear power is too expensive, he said, are based on flawed assumptions and/or are politically motivated.
