The move has proved divisive with anti-nuclear campaigners welcoming the decision, while others raise concerns about fuel scarcity.
As energy prices spiked last year due to the war in Ukraine, some members of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government got cold feet about closing the nuclear plants as planned on 31 December 2022.
He said:"While many countries in the world are even expanding nuclear power, Germany is doing the opposite. Advocates of nuclear power worldwide have criticised the German shutdown, aware that the action by Europe's biggest economy could deal a blow to a technology they tout as a clean and reliable alternative to fossil fuels.
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