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Germany has shut down its last three nuclear power plants, and some climate scientists are aghast
CLEAN ENERGY
Germany has shut down its last three nuclear power plants, and some climate scientists are aghast
PUBLISHED TUE, APR 18 2023 | 2:04 PM EDT | UPDATED TUE, APR 18 2023 | 11:52 PM EDT
Catherine Clifford
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KEY POINTS
• On April 15, Germany stopped producing any electricity from nuclear power plants.
• The move was expected, but is nonetheless seen as a blow to climate advocates who support nuclear energy as a clean, zero-carbon source of electricity.
• Others who fear nuclear accidents believe closing the reactors is a wise decision and paves the way for Germany’s stated commitment to ramp up its renewable energy.
16 April 2023, Baden-Württemberg, Neckarwestheim: The Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant. The era of commercial power generation with nuclear power plants in Germany came to an end on Saturday with the separation of the Isar 2, Neckarwestheim and Emsland nuclear power plants from the power grid.
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As of Sunday, April 16, Germany is no longer producing any electricity from nuclear power plants.
Closures of the Emsland, Isar II, and Neckarwestheim II nuclear plants in Germany were expected. The country announced plans to phase out nuclear power in 2011. In the fall of 2022, with the Ukraine war constraining access to energy especially in Europe, Germany decided to keep these existing nuclear reactors operating for an additional few months to bolster supplies.
“This was a highly anticipated action. The German government extended the lifetimes of these plants for a few months, but never planned beyond that,” David Victor, a professor of innovation and public policy at UC San Diego, told CNBC.
Responses to the closures ranged from aghast that Germany would shut down a clean source of energy production while global response to anthropogenic climate change continues to be insufficient, to celebratory that the country will avoid any nuclear accidents like those that have happened in other parts of the world.
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Germany has shut down its last three nuclear power plants, and some climate scientists are aghast
PUBLISHED TUE, APR 18 2023 | 2:04 PM EDT | UPDATED TUE, APR 18 2023 | 11:52 PM EDT
Catherine Clifford
@IN/CATCLIFFORD/
@CATCLIFFORD
KEY POINTS
• On April 15, Germany stopped producing any electricity from nuclear power plants.
• The move was expected, but is nonetheless seen as a blow to climate advocates who support nuclear energy as a clean, zero-carbon source of electricity.
• Others who fear nuclear accidents believe closing the reactors is a wise decision and paves the way for Germany’s stated commitment to ramp up its renewable energy.
16 April 2023, Baden-Württemberg, Neckarwestheim: The Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant. The era of commercial power generation with nuclear power plants in Germany came to an end on Saturday with the separation of the Isar 2, Neckarwestheim and Emsland nuclear power plants from the power grid.
Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images
As of Sunday, April 16, Germany is no longer producing any electricity from nuclear power plants.
Closures of the Emsland, Isar II, and Neckarwestheim II nuclear plants in Germany were expected. The country announced plans to phase out nuclear power in 2011. In the fall of 2022, with the Ukraine war constraining access to energy especially in Europe, Germany decided to keep these existing nuclear reactors operating for an additional few months to bolster supplies.
“This was a highly anticipated action. The German government extended the lifetimes of these plants for a few months, but never planned beyond that,” David Victor, a professor of innovation and public policy at UC San Diego, told CNBC.
Responses to the closures ranged from aghast that Germany would shut down a clean source of energy production while global response to anthropogenic climate change continues to be insufficient, to celebratory that the country will avoid any nuclear accidents like those that have happened in other parts of the world.
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