Merkel: Nuclear exit 'as soon as possible'

"Germany will drop nuclear power as soon as possible, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday, in a major policy reversal that will alter the energy mix in Europe's largest economy.

The German government, backed by the governors of the 16 German states, will decide by mid-June how long the country's 17 nuclear power reactors are allowed to remain online, Merkel said. Berlin also will spell out what this means for the future German energy mix." UPI