Germany will pull the plug on its last three nuclear power stations ending a six-decade program that spawned one of Europe’s strongest protest movements but saw a brief reprieve due to the Ukraine war. | Reuters
Germany’s commercial nuclear sector began with the commissioning of the Kahl reactor in 1961: eagerly promoted by politicians but met with scepticism by companies.
But by the 1990s more than a third of electricity in the newly-reunited Germany came from 17 reactors. The last three plants contributed only around 5% of electricity production in Germany in the first three months of the year, according to the economy ministry. “I think this is certainly fed to a large extent by the fear that the supply situation is simply not secure,” Forsa analyst Peter Matuschek told Reuters.
“By phasing out nuclear power, Germany is committing itself to coal and gas because there is not always enough wind blowing or sun shining,” said Rainer Klute, head of pro-nuclear non-profit association Nuklearia.
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