E.ON Halts Sixth of Seven Oldest German Reactors; RWE to Follow
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E.ON AG, Germany’s largest utility, halted the sixth of seven nuclear power plants Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered closed for safety checks, leaving RWE AG due to shut the last of the seven as early as today.
E.ON’s 1,345-megawatt Unterweser reactor stopped at 3:35 a.m. Berlin time today, according to data the company published on its website. The state of Hesse, where RWE’s 1,167-megawatt Biblis A plant is located, has said it would issue an order for the facility’s halt by today. Nuclear stations can take several hours to shut down.