Siemens puts cost of nuclear exit at 1.7 trillion euros | Reuters

By Christoph Steitz – Germany’s exit from nuclear power could cost the country as much as 1.7 trillion euros ($2.15 trillion) by 2030, or two thirds of the country’s GDP in 2011, according to Siemens (SIEGn.DE), which built all of Germany’s 17 nuclear plants.

“This will either be paid by energy customers or taxpayers,” Siemens board member Michael Suess, in charge of the company’s...