Germany decided to give up nuclear energy completely and closed the last three nuclear power plants. newspaper reports bild.
It was planned to close the stations even earlier, but the decision was delayed due to the energy crisis. According to the publication, it has recently suspended the work of the Isar-2 nuclear power plant in Bavaria.
Nuclear power plant manager Carsten Müller said the station is currently operating at 1,000 megawatts, 28% below its peak capacity of 1,410 megawatts, and that the reactors will be suspended at 10:15 PM and will be suspended until midnight 35 years later. Once operational, the nuclear power plant will stop operating.
Previously in Germany, more than half of the local population spoke against the final closure of the last three nuclear power plants in the country a week before the implementation of this decision.
According to the survey, 52% of the respondents said they were against the closure of nuclear power plants. At the same time, 37% of respondents reported the opposing viewpoint. 11% of German residents refused to provide any data on this.
It is stated that 1,004 people participated in the survey.
On December 31, 2021, the Associated Press reported that three of the six nuclear power plants operating in Germany stopped working.