BERLIN: Germany will switch off its last three nuclear reactors on Saturday (Apr 15), exiting atomic power even as it seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels and manage an energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. While many Western countries are upping their investments in atomic energy to reduce their em
BERLIN: Germany will switch off its last three nuclear reactors on Saturday , exiting atomic power even as it seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels and manage an energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.
"The risks of nuclear power are ultimately unmanageable," said Environment Minister Steffi Lemke, who this week made a pilgrimage to the ill-fated Japanese plant ahead of a G7 meeting in the country. In contrast, conservative daily FAZ headlined its Saturday edition"Thanks, nuclear energy," as it listed the benefits it said nuclear had brought the country over the years.
The challenging energy situation had increased calls domestically for the exit from nuclear to be delayed. By the end of the day, operators at the other two facilities, in northern Emsland and southwestern Neckarwestheim, will have taken their facilities offline as well.
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