In the middle of the gas crisis, Markus Söder raises the alarm and in an interview speaks out in favor of extending the remaining service life of the remaining nuclear power plants. The Bavarian Prime Minister warns of a “huge power gap” and “blackouts”.
“Without nuclear energy, there would be a huge power shortage in addition to the gas emergency and there could be a risk of blackouts,” said Markus Söder to “Münchner Merkur” and warned: “We must not risk that.”
The CSU boss is convinced that the current fuel rods can survive the winter. The industry is also ready. According to studies by TÜV Süd, which were carried out on behalf of the Bavarian Ministry of the Environment, the Isar 2 nuclear power plant could provide 100 percent electricity by the end of the year.
“By then we would already have new fuel elements. So it’s a political decision and not a technical one,” said Söder. He feels abandoned by the traffic light government in the energy crisis: “The federal government only thinks about the north, not the south. I’m really worried about our factories, jobs and warm homes.” His criticism is based on the fact that the federal government is not concerned with filling up the gas storage facility in Haidach, Austria, which is so immensely important for Bavaria.
Söder had previously accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz of spreading false arguments in the debate about a temporary extension of nuclear power. It was “technical nonsense” to say that there were no fuel rods for the nuclear power plants, Söder told journalists on Monday after a meeting of the CSU board of directors in Munich. “They can be obtained anywhere in the world, all European neighbors do it” – it is inexplicable why Germany should not succeed.
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