On Saturday, Germany shut down its last three nuclear reactors. In the evening, the last power plants will be disconnected from the power grid.
This culminates in an exit from atomic energy that has been engaged for a long time and remains controversial in the context of the climate emergency. Germany must wean itself off fossil fuels, while managing the gas crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine. "The risks associated with nuclear energy are definitely uncontrollable," Environment Minister Steffi Lemke said this week.