Angela Merkel wants early nuclear shutdown

Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to accelerate Germany's planned exit from nuclear energy by fixing a precise date, the business daily Handelsblatt quoted senior government sources as saying.

By The Newsroom

Published 2nd May 2011, 16:37 BST

Updated 2nd May 2011, 23:03 BST

Ms Merkel wants the nuclear plants switched off before the previous date of about 2022.

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