{"id":3423,"date":"2011-07-27T06:06:51","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T14:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=3423"},"modified":"2011-07-27T06:06:51","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T14:06:51","slug":"international-affairs-germany-to-abandon-all-n-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=3423","title":{"rendered":"INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS-Germany to abandon all Nuclear Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Germany, Europe\u2019s  biggest economy, will shut down all its nuclear power plants by 2022, a  decision that would make it the first major industrialised power to go  nuclear-free in the aftermath of the atomic disaster in Japan. Germany\u2019s  coalition government announced the decision after seven hours of  negotiations that stretched into the small hours at Chancellor Angela  Merkel\u2019s office. \u201cWe want the electricity of the future to be safe,  reliable and economically viable,\u201d Merkel said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Merkel pushed through measures in 2010 to extend lifespan of  the country\u2019s 17 reactors, with the last one scheduled to go offline in  2036, but she reversed her pro-nuclear stance after the earthquake and  tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daichi plant on March 11, 2011,  triggering nuclear meltdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s energy supply chain \u201cneeds a new architecture,\u201d  necessitating huge efforts in boosting renewable energies, efficiency  gains and overhauling the electricity grid, Merkel said.<\/p>\n<p>To make up for the loss of nuclear energy, the German  government will begin to switch to renewable energy and increase  investments in energy research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany, Europe\u2019s biggest economy, will shut down all its nuclear power plants by 2022, a decision that would make it the first major industrialised power to go nuclear-free in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=3423\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5096,2850],"class_list":["post-3423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-germany-to-abandon-all-n-power","tag-international-affairs","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}