For 33 years, the largest nuclear power plant in the GDR has been said to disappear near Greifswald. But when it comes to dismantling, one problem follows the next, and all schedules have long since been torn. This doesn’t bode well for the rest of the reactors.
A woman’s voice counts down quietly. “20, 19, 18…” Then turn around and the voice counts again. Only then does the sluice open. If you want to leave the “active workshop”, whether for the end of the day, a coffee break or on the way to the toilet, you have to go through here. There are two locks, in between the work clothes are removed. This is how time goes by in the former Bruno Leuschner Combine. And the locks that are supposed to measure possible radioactive contamination are by no means the biggest delay.