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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. Germany shuts down ...
Here is a look at Germany's politically charged debate on nuclear power. The move marks another hiccup in the country's long-running plan to end the use of atomic energy.
One of German government's economic advisers, Volker Wieland, said on Wednesday he was in favour of longer operating times for the country's nuclear power plants in light of the looming energy ...
Nuclear power plants take years to dismantle, and contaminated sites have to be cleared and declared free of radiation. [36] One estimate puts the cost of dismantling Germany's nuclear reactor sites at €18 billion, not counting the cost of radioactive waste disposal. [57] Spent nuclear fuel is stockpiled in temporary locations. [58]
A gradual closing of nuclear power plants had come along with concessions in questions of safety for the population with transport of nuclear waste throughout Germany. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] This latter point has been disagreed with by the Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
Germany was the fourth-largest producer of nuclear power in the world, but in 2000, the government and the German nuclear power industry agreed to phase out all nuclear power plants by 2021, [58] as a result of an initiative with a vote result of 513 Yes, 79 No and 8 Empty.
Alternatives are now under consideration, including more solar and wind power, liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, gas- and coal-fired power plants as well as possibly a return to nuclear power.
There exists another free map: Image:Kernkraftwerke in Deutschland.png, which is, of course quite good, but is also in German and devoid of wikilinks. This uses Template:Location map Germany though I'm considering making a Template:Location map Germany2 so I can put in a cleaner background map, possibly with Image:Germany map blank.png.