Germany has decided that seven nuclear power stations built before 1980 would be temporarily shut down during the three-month moratorium on nuclear extension plan.Chancellor Angela Merkel today made the announcement as Japan's nuclear crisis escalated dramatically with two new explosions rocking the country' s quake-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. He said the government has decided to suspend the plan of extending the lifespan of its 17 nuclear power plants for three months.