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Germany / Berlin Permanently Shuts Down Three Of Its Last Six Nuclear Plants

By David Dalton
3 January 2022

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Berlin Permanently Shuts Down Three Of Its Last Six Nuclear Plants
Gundremmingen-C was one of three nuclear units taken offline in Germany on New Year’s Eve. Courtesy RWE.
Germany has permanently shut down three of its remaining six commercial nuclear power stations on Friday as part of a nuclear phaseout policy put forward by former chancellor Angela Merkel a decade ago.

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