This weekend, Germany will turn off their last nuclear reactor.
This atomic exit was decided, in part, by a political compromise that has enabled the expansion of renewables.
Even so, exiting nuclear before exiting coal feels extremely backwards from an environmental perspective.
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Until 2022, a clear majority of the German public supported the exit from nuclear power.
Somewhat ironically, that changed after the invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent energy disruptions.
Since then, a majority of Germans have favored prolonging the existing nuclear reactors, e.g. 2/3 favoring a 5-year delay (https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/atom-umfrage-41-prozent-der-deutschen-wollen-neubau-von-kernkraftwerken-a-a44d8513-89b3-4243-aeb5-609edf2be9f6), but the government has forged ahead with the shutdown.
Dr. Robert Rohde
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