Germany's E.ON and RWE to foot nuclear waste bill in one hit - CEOs

BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German power utilities E.ON and RWE are able to cover their contributions to the country's nuclear waste storage costs in one lump-sum payment, the chief executives of both groups were quoted as saying on Monday. RWE, E.ON, EnBW and Vattenfall [VATN.UL] agreed with the government in October to start contributing this year to a 23.6 billion euro ($24.7 billion) fund in exchange for shifting liability for nuclear waste storage to the state, giving investors greater cla