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Abandoned Constructions
25
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4
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106
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69
Number of Reactors
(as of September 2021)
36.1
Mean Age of Reactor Fleet
(as of September 2021)
24.8%
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WNISR
in the Media –
1 April 2021
Politico (Europe)
Europe’s sputtering nuclear renaissance
The industry wants to be seen as a green power alternative. It’s not working. By America Hernandez Published 11 March 2021 A decade after Japan’s Fukushima disaster upended Europe’s nuclear industry, it’s not been able to get much traction despite the sector’s argument that it’s a source of low-carbon power that could help tackle climate change. “No climate activist should rely on nuclear power as a solution,” Germany’s Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said Thursday at an event marking the (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
29 March 2021 [de]
Salzburger Nachrichten (Austria)
Zehn Jahre nach Fukushima: Wo steht die Atomkraft heute?
Vor zehn Jahren war der Schock über die Katastrophe von Fukushima groß. Heute wird in 17 Ländern an neuen Atomkraftwerken gebaut. von Stefanie Pack-Homolka Veröffentlich am 10. März 2021 Vor zehn Jahren war der Schock über die Katastrophe von Fukushima groß. Heute wird in 17 Ländern an neuen Atomkraftwerken gebaut. Stephanie Pack-Homolka Wien. Angela Merkel war schnell entschlossen – aber eine Ausnahme. „Wir können nicht einfach zur Tagesordnung übergehen“, sagte die deutsche Kanzlerin nur Tage (...)
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in the Media –
27 March 2021
Energy Monitor (U.K.)
Opinion: What is the future of nuclear power?
This is the question Energy Monitor has tried to answer over the past week, with a series of in-depth articles to mark the tenth anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan. Here is our conclusion. By Sonja van Renssen Published 22 March 2021 Over the past week, Energy Monitor has run a series of in-depth articles to mark the tenth anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan. The climate crisis has injected fresh impetus into the debate over the role of nuclear power (...)