News Digest Item
20 Dec 2017

Germany shuts down next nuclear plant

Energytransition.org

On 31 December, Germany will close the Gundremmingen B nuclear reactor in Bavaria, leaving the country with seven reactors to be shut down by the scheduled end-2022 nuclear exit, writes Craig Morris in an article for Energytransition.org. Morris retraces the history of the reactor and writes about its role in a recent record ramp-down of Germany’s nuclear fleet during a wind storm in October 2017.

Map of location and status of Germany’s nuclear power stations and year of (planned) shut down. Data - BfE, 2017.

Read the article in English here.

For background, read the CLEW factsheet The history behind Germany's nuclear phase-out and the dossier The challenges of Germany’s nuclear phase-out.

 

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