Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear plants

Associated Press ^ | January 1, 2022 | Frank Jordans

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Germany on Friday shut down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of atomic power.

The decision to phase out nuclear power and shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy was first taken by the center-left government of Gerhard Schroeder in 2002. His successor, Angela Merkel, reversed her decision to extend the lifetime of Germany’s nuclear plants in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan and set 2022 as the final deadline for shutting them down.

The three reactors now being shuttered were first powered up in the mid-1980s. Together they provided electricity to millions of German households for almost four decades.

One of the plants — Brokdorf, located 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Hamburg on the Elbe River — became a particular focus of anti-nuclear protests that were fueled by the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe in the Soviet Union.

The other two plants are Grohnde, 40 kilometers south of Hannover, and Gundremmingen, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Munich.

Some in Germany have called for the decision on ending the use of nuclear power to be reconsidered because the power plants already in operation produce relatively little carbon dioxide. Advocates of atomic energy argue that it can help Germany meet its climate targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. …

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What is more renewable than nuclear?

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Advocates of atomic energy argue that it can help Germany meet its climate targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. …

Or, it could help your country not be entirely dependent on other countries to supply your power needs...

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“What did Germans use before firewood to heat their homes?”

Gas and/or electricity?

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That explains their unique taste in adult content.

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[Paal Gulli]

" Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear plants"

What in incredibly stupidly-written headline. So now they're left with six half-reactors operating?

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“The decision to phase out nuclear power and shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy was first taken by the center-left government of Gerhard Schroeder in 2002. His successor, Angela Merkel, reversed her decision to extend the lifetime of Germany's nuclear plants in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan and set 2022 as the final deadline for shutting them down.”

KGB agents in action.

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The russians are happy. They can now turn on and off Germany’s economy.