Documents Falsified To Support German Nuclear Power Phase Out
A bombshell report in Germany released this morning by Cicero, a German media outlet, has uncovered that government officials manipulated documents to enable Germany’s phase out of nuclear power plants
Top officials of Germany’s Green party, as per Cicero, manipulated expert reports to enable the shutdown to occur.
Top officials from both the economics and environment ministries are said to have falsified the reports, leading to information being withheld from Economics Minister Robert Habeck.
One example of falsified reports include an internal note from the Environment Ministry in 2022, which was led by Steffi Lemke of the Greens.
The note consists of an expert explanation on why the continued operation of the nuclear plants in Germany would be possible from a safety perspective.
However, the note was re-written in a manner that was misleading, with the re-written note stating that the plants should not be extended for even months and that the suggestion should be “rejected for reasons of nuclear safety.”
Cicero summarizes the ordeal by stating:
“The expertise of the experts in the own ministry, who were paid with taxpayers’ money, hardly played a role. Most of the time they weren’t even asked.
The leadership circle of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of the Environment, which is responsible for nuclear safety, made up of Green party soldiers, has agreed on all the essential steps among themselves.
When the specialist departments of both ministries were allowed to share their assessment, it was usually ignored – or deliberately falsified.“
It seems the Green party wanted to push through with the nuclear phase-out, regardless of the cost, and despite it defying economic and scientific reason.
And as it turns out, there is still hope for nuclear energy in Germany – expert opinions, which were previously not released, have indicated that at least five of the last six German nuclear power plants could be reactivated and begin generating power once again.
Two different political parties in Germany, the CDU and CSU, have already indicated they intend to do as much should they return to power.
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