RWE to foot nuclear waste bill by mid-2017 - Die Welt

RWE will be able to pay the 6.8 billion euros ($7.15 billion) requested by the government to fund the storage of nuclear waste in one lump sum by the middle of 2017, newspaper Die Welt reported, citing the firm's chief executive. German utilities 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 fund in exchange for shifting liability for nuclear waste storage to the state, giving investors greater clarity over