Well-regulated nuclear power is safe, and provides a stable source of emissions-free electricity. Yet some German politicians are reluctant to discuss it
reactor in northern Japan, causing a nuclear disaster, Germany decided to phase out its 12 nuclear power stations. Within months, the first plants were closed. At the end of 2022 the fuel rods for the last three will be pulled out for the last time.A daily email with the best of our journalismGermany wants to be carbon neutral by 2045. The European Union is aiming for net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2050.
Most Germans supported the decision in 2011 and many still do. In its manifesto for the general election in September, the Green party, whichis likely to win at least 14.5% of the seats in the Bundestag, pledged to lobby other European countries to abandon nuclear power. In July it was reported that Germany had gathered support from Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg and Spain in opposing the EU’s plans to classify nuclear power as “green” for investment purposes .
Most of Germany’s neighbours are not listening . Of the 17 European countries producing nuclear energy, only Britain has plans to close any plants soon, and it is still building new ones. Although Switzerland has banned new construction, it will allow existing facilities to operate “as long as they are safe”. Poland, which is heavily reliant on coal, will start building its first nuclear power plant in 2026.
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