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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by jhgb on Friday December 31, 2021 @04:14PM (#29752590)
As far as I can tell, it became a law in 2002. I'm not sure how "momentum really was gained after Fukushima" when the phase-out procedures had to be followed ever since 2002. The whole thing has been in motion for almost twenty years.
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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by whiteboardr on Friday December 31, 2021 @04:56PM (#29752943)
My point is: it is a (really) dumb idea for a country that is facing serious infrastructural issues.

The days of great “german engineering” are mostly (i said “mostly”, ok?) a thing of the past - reality has it that this country lost focus and misses out on vital long-term investements and vision. And unfortunately most of this is driven on a political scale intertwined with classic german big corporations.

The “Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport” has been a joke from the beginning and is a showcase of how incompetent politicians can ruin a country.

Try making a call longer than 20 minutes while driving without it being dropped, charge your car…

Sorry for the rant, but it’s just sad where this is going.

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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by Marc3l on Friday December 31, 2021 @05:54PM (#29753377)
The runtime was expanded in a rule from 2010 and set to a earlier date after Fukushima.
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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by jhgb on Friday December 31, 2021 @06:03PM (#29753438)
I know. The point is that in the long run, the phaseout happened almost exactly as planned twenty years ago. This is no new development, of even a post-Fukushima-development.
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