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Crunch talks scheduled for Thursday to help solve German nuclear impasse-sources

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz waits to welcome Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for bilateral talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo

Members of Germany's government, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, have scheduled a call with the operators of the country's remaining nuclear plants to solve an impasse over life-time extensions, two people familiar with the matter said.

No decisions are expected but the talks, to take place later on Thursday, come after Berlin earlier this week failed to approve a draft law to put on reserve two of the country's last nuclear power plants beyond their planned phase-out.

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