Germany shuts down its last three nuclear power plants

On the night of April 16, the German authorities shut down the last three operating nuclear power plants. It is reported by ZDF.

The Isar 2 nuclear power plant in Bavaria, Neckarwestheim 2 in Baden-Württemberg and Emsland in Lower Saxony were disconnected from the network.

“The risks associated with nuclear energy are ultimately uncontrollable in the event of an accident,” said German Minister for the Environment and Nuclear Safety Steffi Lemke, who represents the Alliance 90/The Greens party.

The faction of the Social Democratic Party in Parliament tweeted a message with the text: “Nuclear energy? Bye!" In turn, the Secretary General of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP), Bijan Jir-Saray, urged not to completely abandon the technology.

Deutsche Welle notes that during the day on April 15, opponents of nuclear energy celebrated the shutdown of nuclear power plants with rallies in several cities. People also took to the streets to oppose the closure of the nuclear power plant. The publication recalls that according to a poll conducted by the YouGov Institute, two-thirds of Germans oppose the closure of the last nuclear power plants in the country.

The decision to finally abandon nuclear energy was made in Germany in 2011 - after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The last stations were supposed to be closed before the end of 2022, but due to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing energy crisis, the shutdown of the nuclear power plant was postponed to April.