Nuclear Storage Costs

Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet approved a draft law today that adopted recommendations requiring Germany's utilities to pay 23.3 billion euros ($25.98 billion) into a state fund to cover the costs of storing nuclear waste, government sources said.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet approved a draft law today that adopted recommendations requiring Germany's utilities to pay 23.3 billion euros ($25.98 billion) into a state fund to cover the costs of storing nuclear waste, government sources said.