The production of electricity using uranium is both climate-friendly and profitable. Nuclear power plants do not emit CO2 when generating electric power. Electricity can be generated from uranium at very affordable cost. The main reason is that the fuel only accounts for a small portion of the cost of producing power. In consequence, rises in the price of uranium only have little effect on the price of electricity.

Since uranium stems from safe export countries, with the largest quantities coming from Canada and Australia, and large amounts of the fuel can easily be stored, uranium is a safe, virtually domestic source of energy. The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology forecasts that reserves will last for at least another 200 years.

From a technological point of view, a solution has long been found to the disposal and final storage of radioactive substances. The completion of the Konrad and Gorleben final storage facilities would provide a solution for the final storage of radioactive waste in the near future. It is now up to the ministries and authorities to initiate appropriate measures by pursuing policies based on unbiased reasoning.

Germany`s 17 nuclear power stations generate some 50% of base-load electricity consumed-around the clock and irrespective of the time of day, wind, or weather. Base-load electricity is the power that must always be present in the grid.