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Will nuclear power come back?
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Isar 2 near Landshut: The nuclear power plant of the energy company Eon is one of the last three of its kind in Germany. It should go offline at the end of this year.
(Photo: Peter Widmann/imago images)
A few months before nuclear power in Germany was phased out, the war in Ukraine suddenly called it into question. But a short-term extension is unlikely – and not just because of the Greens.
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Michael Bauchmüller, Berlin, and Benedikt Müller-Arnold, Düsseldorf
The stickers are slowly cracking. “Nuclear power? No thanks”, the logo with the smiling sun is still stuck on some trunk lids, at least on older cars. The slogan no longer seemed really up-to-date, after all, Germany had already had after the disaster in Fukushima in 2011 “No thanks” said. The last three nuclear power plants in Germany are scheduled to go offline this year, and then it’s over.
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