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Neckarwestheim / Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - In the years of debate about defective pipes in the Neckarwestheim II nuclear power plant, an expert report commissioned by the initiative confirms the view of opponents of nuclear power.

Power plant expert Dieter Majer came to the conclusion that different reports, on which the Ministry of the Environment relied, had not correctly proven the safety, reported the SWR on Thursday.

The ministry led by the Greens said that it had not received the report for examination despite repeated inquiries.

Therefore one sees no new state of affairs.

"How explosive can the allegedly new information be if it is withheld from the authorities that could withdraw the operating license for the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant?"

Damaged steam generator heating pipes in the power plant in the Heilbronn district have been known since 2018.

Among other things, EnBW had cleaned the steam generator, reduced the iron oxide entry into the steam generator and removed salty impurities.

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According to a spokesman, the operator EnBW does not have the report.

"All steam generator heating pipes were and are tight," he said.

The causes of previous damage are known.

The ministry referred to several independent experts and investigations by the Reactor Safety Commission.

The plant could be operated "on the basis of the nuclear regulations and the state of science and technology", it said.

The initiative broadcast, however, called for the reactor to be shut down immediately.

Block II in Neckarwestheim is the last to be allowed to supply electricity in Baden-Württemberg - until the end of 2022 at the latest. March 11th will mark the tenth anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan.

After that, Germany forced the nuclear phase-out.

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