The facilities being closed are located in Emsland in the northern state of Lower Saxony, the Isar 2 site in Bavaria and Neckarwestheim in Baden-Württemberg in the southwest.
Germany’s three remaining nuclear power plants are shutting down today. The facilities being closed are located in Emsland in the northern state of Lower Saxony, the Isar 2 site in Bavaria and Neckarwestheim in Baden-Württemberg in the southwest.
The closure of the nuclear plants comes 12 years after the Fukushima disaster in Japan accelerated the European country’s exit from nuclear energy.
The facilities being closed are located in Emsland in the northern state of Lower Saxony, the Isar 2 site in Bavaria and Neckarwestheim in Baden-Württemberg in the southwest.
Several environmental organizations took to the streets to celebrate the end of atomic energy.
Germany last year delayed closing the three plants after Russia cut gas supplies to Europe, raising concerns about winter power shortages.
Germany has been on the path to phasing out nuclear power for more than two decades amid a long-running campaign against the technology. But in 2010, then-Chancellor Angela Merkel announced an extension of the operation of the country’s 17 nuclear plants until 2036 at the latest.
That policy was quickly reversed the following year after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that caused reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan to collapse, sparking new anti-nuclear protests to exit the technology.
The nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island in the US in 1979 and Chernobyl in 1986 cemented an anti-nuclear sentiment in Germany, the first signs of which were visible from the early 1970s. Germany has shut down 16 reactors since 2003.
Source :Skai
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