Preliminary results of a power grid stress test show Germany should extend the lifespan of two of its three remaining nuclear reactors beyond the end of the year, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Thursday, citing industry sources.
Grid operators have been stress testing the transmission system to assess the risks of an escalation in the Russian gas supply crisis to the network as winter approaches, and the usefulness of extending the lifespans of nuclear reactors. Gas burning accounted for 15.3% of German electricity generation last year.
An industrial source confirmed to Reuters that two of the three tested scenarios suggested it made sense to extend the lifespan of the Isar II and Neckarwestheim II nuclear reactors in Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg.
