Guenter Oettinger

Shocked into action by Japan's atomic crisis, European energy officials agreed Tuesday to apply stress tests on nuclear power plants and Germany moved to switch off seven aging reactors -- one of them permanently.Energy ministers, nuclear regulators and industry officials meeting in Brussels found "general agreement" on the need for such tests to c...

Shocked into action by Japan's atomic crisis, European energy officials agreed Tuesday to apply stress tests on nuclear power plants and Germany moved to switch off seven aging reactors -- one of them permanently.Energy ministers, nuclear regulators and industry officials meeting in Brussels found "general agreement" on the need for such tests to c...