“Three German nuclear power stations off-grid at the same time”
IWR Online
Three of the remaining eight German nuclear power stations are currently offline, writes renewable energy industry institute IWR in an article on IWR Online. Gundremmingen C and Isar 2 were offline for about a month in the summer for routine inspections, while Brokdorf has been off the grid since February, when unusually thick oxide layers were found on fuel elements.
Read the article in German here.
For background, read the CLEW dossier The challenges of Germany’s nuclear phase-out.
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