The shutdowns of three plants take place as Europe faces one of its worst-ever energy crises and as support for nuclear as a low carbon energy is, once again, on the rise.
The shutdowns of three plants take place as Europe faces one of its worst-ever energy crises and as support for nuclear as a low carbon energy is, once again, on the rise.
Should have clarified this better. There was a huge debate about where to store the evidently dangerous waste, and since it was still the cold war at that point, of course the government only considered storage facilities directly bordering the DDR. Horrible places to store waste like the Saltmine asse that they had to dig up again. (While there are actual potential granite mines in bavaria, which would never be considered because of that places disproportionate and conservative influence on politics). So of course the left opposed these repositories, and one mayor point was to oppose the creation of more waste while there was no viable repository.
And guess what, the left was absolutely right to oppose the repository sights that were simply chosen due to their proximity to socialist territories.
And since until today nothing really has changed in that field, with conservatives in bavaria blocking off the only viable storage facility in granite mines, our waste rots in "temporary" repositories and nobody likes that.
The think pro-nuclear people refuse to address. Nevada won't let America do Yucca Mountain. Germany won't store waste in Bavaria. Neoliberals don't seem to care about this. They only care that the end result - nuclear plant shutdown - can be pinned on Greens and Leftists.