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Nuclear reactors were EOL and not even their owners wanted to run them any longer. So please stop spreading your misleading take.

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plus, Russia was a large supplier of uranium

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-just-cant-quit-russia...

Russia is part of the uranium supply chain (not the source of the raw material), because the greens closed off the research&plants in EU.

A well known example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superph%C3%A9nix

UK stepped up and started to invest in the supply chain and replace Russia one day.

You ask to not spread misleading then immediatly spreading a politician lies. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/04/26/german-green...

I don't find a single, reliable German source for all of that fuss. That might make you think about it again...

Here what I think about it again:

You didn't read the article I sent, it show you don't care about what it says but you try to attack the article because you dislike what it say.

The article state it's source is cicero, a... german magazine.

https://www.cicero.de/innenpolitik/robert-habeck-akten-atomk...

Cicero is a well-known, "conservative" (at best) to political rather right-wing magazine. It's not any better in terms of neutrality than the Telegraph. Find a reputable source and we can talk about it. And please don't come up with the Merkur or some other yellow-press who covered that nonsense for clicks.

So… did you read the article? Or are you going to dismiss it because you disagree with the magazines overall politics?

You'll notice that, if you read the original messages, nowhere did they suggest anything concrete. They're just offering to investigate what would need to be done to continue operation. This is just blown out of proportion and thus far has had no relevance in the German political landscape. It's rightfully ignored.

While it's true that the accusations were out there, the whole thing was quickly proven wrong. The document in question is accessible [0] (in German, and even hosted at the website of Cicero, which invented the story) and clearly comes to the conclusion that nuclear reactors in Germany should not continue to run. It's even written in bold letters.

[0] https://assets.cicero.de/2024-04/2022-03-03_Atomaufsicht_Ver...

Nuclear operators try to minimize losses of the shutdown by not replacing parts that are still workable until the shutdown. When you know of the impending shutdown, you can plan for the plant to be as EOL as possible. If you plan for long term use, parts are replaced gradually so that there's no big revamp pending.

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