EnBW seeks decision for production transfer

[Ux Weekly, 26 March; Nuclear Market Review, 23 March] EnBW Kernkraft GmbH has filed a court case against the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU) for its failure to decide on an application to transfer lifetime production rights from the Unit two to Unit one of the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant. The company wants to transfer a total of 46.9 TWh from the residual electricity quota of Neckarwestheim 2. The transfer of this volume of electricity would result in a projected extension of the operating time of Neckarwestheim 1 of about eight years up to 2017. The transfer would simultaneously reduce the projected operating time of Neckarwestheim 2 by about five years to 2017. Under a nuclear phase-out agreement reached between the German government and utilities, the transfer of production rights from one reactor to another has previously been permitted. The current Environment Minister refused to make a decision on the application in February. EnBW is now seeking the ruling of an administrative court for a decision on the application.

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